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Video] Election Petition: I never said Mahama won the 2020 elections – Aseidu Nketia confronts video evidence in SC

Posted on by Kofi Tutu

First witness for the petitioner in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition, John Asiedu Nketia, has stated in the Supreme Court that he never said the petitioner, John Dramani Mahama, won the 2020 Presidential Elections.

During cross-examination, the witness was confronted with video evidence where he was addressing an NDC press conference after the December 7 elections. The witness admitted to saying the NDC won majority of the seats in Parliament, but denied he declared John Mahama winner in any of the press conferences he addressed before and after the 1st Respondent Electoral Commission’s declaration of the presidential results on December 9.

According to Mr. Nketia, he only expressed expectations that the petitioner would win the elections based on his knowledge of the dynamics of elections in Ghana over the years.

“Every evidence was pointing at president Mahama’s victory and in fact, My Lords, permit me, in all the 7 parliamentary and presidential elections that have been held in this country before this one the presidential candidate and the political party which wins and controls parliament ends up winning the presidency”, he explained.

Counsel for the 2nd Respondent Akufo-Addo, Lawyer Akoto Ampaw insisted that the words of the witness during the press conferences suggested that the petitioner won the presidential elections.

“You claim in one of your statements that you won the elections in all the polling stations all over the country so I’m putting it to you that when you mad the statement that the petitioner had won the election, it presupposed you had the polling station pick sheets”, he queried.

But Mr. Nketia retorted, “My Lord, I indicated that I never said that the petitioner had won the elections”.

He also confirmed to the court that there was no mention of the petitioner winning the election in the petition.

Source:3news.com

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Don’t lecture us, answer my questions – Akoto Ampaw to Aseidu Nketia

Posted on by Kofi Tutu

Lead Counsel for the 2nd Respondent in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition, Lawyer Akoto Ampaw, demanded during cross-examination that witness for the petitioner, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, answered his questions without verbose explanations.

In the estimation of the Lawyer Akoto Ampaw, the witness’s explanations to some of the questions amounted to an attempting to lecture the court, rather than answering the questions he was being asked in the witness box.

The first witness of the petitioner was confronted in court Monday with video evidence of some NDC press conferences where he seemingly declared the petitioner a winner of the presidential elections.

Mr. Nketia admitted that he was indeed the one in the video and that “those are my words” but denied declaring John Mahama winner in the tapes played.

According to him, he only expressed his expectations that John Mahama would win the presidential elections on the face of the information available to him at the time.

Mr. Ampaw put it to him that he had by his words “implied that President Mahama had won the elections”.

Mr. Nketia attempted explaining how he arrived at his ‘expectation’.

“… My Lords permit me, in all the 7 parliamentary and presidential elections that have been held in this country before this one the presidential candidate and the political party which wins and controls parliament ends up winning the presidency so I…”

While at it, Mr. Ampaw interjected, demanding that he answers the questions being asked.

“Mr Asiedu Nketia, don’t lecture us, answer the questions, you can’t lecture us”, he said.

Source:3news.com

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[Video] I don’t understand why you seem to be confusing me with the petitioner – Aseidu Nketia to EC Lawyer

Posted on by Kofi Tutu

First witness for the petitioner in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition, John Asiedu Nketiah, Friday raised a concern in the Supreme Court that counsel for the 1st Respondent Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) addressed him as though he were the petitioner.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary took his turn in the witness box at the Supreme Court as the first witness of the petitioner to be crossed examined.

While counsel for the EC was “putting it to” masked Mr. Nketiah in the witness box who provided answers where required, it got to a point where he got seemingly alarmed by the line of questioning.

The counsel for the EC, Lawyer Justin Amenuvor had made reference to some analysis the petitioner did on the Techiman South results and arrived at a conclusion that  the EC Chair was wrong with her figures when she declared Akufo-Addo President on December 9, 2020.

The lawyer pointed out to Mr. Aseidu that the analysis was not accurate.  

“I’m putting it to you that using all the total valid votes in the Techiman South constituency, that’s the total registered voters (sic) in the Techiman South Constituency to do your analysis is incorrect and I’m putting that to you”, he said.

Aseidu Nketia disagreed, explaining that their analysis on that issue was informed by what the 1st Respondent Electoral Commission chairperson, Jean Mensa had said on December 9, 2020 when she declared the Presidential Election Results in favor of the 2nd Respondent Akufo-Addo

“So the analysis we did there was to show that based on the figures she herself declared, that statement could not be correct”, he explained.

Counsel insisted the witness knew that the Chairperson of the EC was right in her analysis as at the time she was declaring the said results and that it was stated in the petition and same confirmed by the 1st Respondent.

Mr. Nketiah wanted to clarify if the EC lawyer was referring to him as the one who he knew the EC chair was right. The lawyer answered in the affirmative, adding “so the petitioner stated that in the petition that that ought to be the correct number and the 1st Respondent agreed too”.

“I’m putting it to you that you knew”, Lawyer Justin stood his grounds demanding an answer to that query.

Mr. Nketia was hesistant with the answer at this point. He felt the lawyer had mistaken him for the petitioner.  

 “My lord, I don’t understand why you seem to be confusing me with the petitioner, my Lord, I don’t understand”, he said, while laughing.

The court was thrown into laughter.

That however did not stop the lawyer from demanding his answers.

Watch full video here.

Source:3news.com