The third witness of the petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing, Mr. Robert Joseph Mettle Nunoo, has filed his witness statement at the Supreme Court on Thursday February 4 to enable him testify in the case.
The statement was filed on his behalf by the petitioner, Mr John Dramani Mahama.
Portions of the witness statement said “Mrs. Jean Mensa informed me that there had been a meeting held earlier in the day between the Petitioner and the Peace Council, something I was unaware of at the time.
“After I further drew her attention to some of the issues that were coming up in the interactions in the strong room, she said very directly that we should go and speak with the Petitioner. Having regard to her earlier reference to the meeting between the Peace Council and the Petitioner, which she had obviously been briefed about, I took seriously what she said.
“ I do not think we, who were acting as agents of the Petitioner, should be seen as taking positions which many be contrary to what the Petitioner himself and had conveyed in a meeting that I was unaware of with a body such as the Peace Council which, I know has an important role in resolving disputes in connection with elections and calming tensions in the country.
“She indicated her own willingness to meet with the Petitioner.”
Regarding whether or not chairperson of the 1st Respondent, Jean Mensa asked him and Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte to leave the strong room, he said “Yet my colleague and I realised with shock, on our reaching the residence of the Petitioner that the EC Chairperson was in the process of announcing results. Attempts I made to reach the Chairperson of the EC by telephone for clarification proved futile as she had turned off her phones.”
Hearing of the case resumes Friday February 5.
By Laud Nartey|editors.3news.com|Ghana
