General News of Thursday, 11 March 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comElection Petition: Judges were right, Mahama had no case - Gyimah-BoadiPresident of Afrobarometer, Prof. Emmanuel Gyimah-BoadiProf. Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi, the co-Founder and Executive Director of Afrobarometer, has said that it is unsurprising that the Supreme Court verdict on the 2020 Election Petition brought to it by John Dramani Mahama was dismissed. On Thursday, March 4, 2021, the Supreme Court delivered its final verdict on the election petition brought to it by John Dramani Mahama, stating that the case was without merit. What was Mahama seeking from the Supreme Court? A declaration that EC Chair Jean Mensah’s declaration of the election results on December 9, 2020, was in breach of Article 63 (3) of the 1992 constitution. An order of mandatory injunction directing the EC to conduct a re-run of the election with he (Mahama) and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as candidates.

Source: GhanaWeb March 11, 2021 09:56 UTC