[2020 ELECTION PETITION JUDGMENT] JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA vs. ELECTORAL COMMISSION AND NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO [2021]DLSC10003

[2020 ELECTION PETITION JUDGMENT] JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA vs. ELECTORAL COMMISSION A... [2021]DLSC10003

Date	2021-03-04
Suit No.	WRIT NO. J1/05/2021
Citation No.	[2021]DLSC10003

YEBOAH CJ (PRESIDING)

APPAU

JSC

MARFUL-SAU JSC

AMEGATCHER JSC

PROF. KOTEY JSC

OWUSU (MS.) JSC

TORKORNOO (MRS.) JSC

TSATSU TSIKATA WITH HIM TONY LITHUR FOR THE PETITIONER

JUSTIN AMENUVOR FOR 1ST RESPONDENT WITH HIM A. A. SOMUAH ASAMOAH

AKOTO AMPAW FOR 2ND RESPONDENT WITH HIM FRANK DAVIES

KWAKU ASIRIFI AND YAW OPPONG

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ARTICLE 64 OF THE
CONSTITUTION AND SUPREME COURT RULES,<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;1996<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(C. I. 16) AS AMENDED BY C.
I. 74 AND C. I. 99)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;AMENDED PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION PETITION<o:p></o:p>PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HELD
ON 7TH DECEMBER, 2020<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA<o:p></o:p>(PETITIONER)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ELECTORAL COMMISSION AND
NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO<o:p></o:p>(1ST RESPONDENT/2ND
RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm">WRIT
NO. J1/05/2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
4TH MARCH, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>TSATSU TSIKATA WITH HIM TONY LITHUR FOR THE
PETITIONER.<o:p></o:p>JUSTIN AMENUVOR FOR 1ST RESPONDENT WITH HIM A. A. SOMUAH
ASAMOAH.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

AKOTO AMPAW FOR 2ND RESPONDENT WITH HIM FRANK DAVIES, KWAKU
ASIRIFI AND YAW OPPONG.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>YEBOAH CJ (PRESIDING), APPAU, JSC, MARFUL-SAU JSC, AMEGATCHER JSC,
PROF. KOTEY JSC, OWUSU (MS.) JSC, TORKORNOO (MRS.) JSC<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;
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</div>THE UNANIMOUS JUDGMENT OF THE COURT WAS READ BY
YEBOAH CJ.<o:p></o:p>YEBOAH
CJ:-<o:p></o:p>In this amended petition(hereinafter referred to
as the Petition) , the Petitioner, who was the Presidential Candidate of the
National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 7th December 2020
Presidential Elections, is seeking six reliefs against the Electoral Commission
as 1st Respondent and the Presidential Candidate of the New
Patriotic Party (NPP) as the 2nd Respondent. The reliefs are in the
nature of three (3) declarations and three (3) orders. <o:p></o:p>Aside of relief (e), which is praying the Court to
restrain the 2nd Respondent from holding himself out as the
President-elect of Ghana, all the other reliefs were directed against the 1st
Respondent. These reliefs are:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:
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tab-stops:center 234.0pt left 352.5pt">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;A declaration that Mrs. Jean Adukwei Mensa,
Chairperson of 1st</sup</main>