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Election Petition: 'A Weak Petitioner’s Case Is Not Strengthened By A Weak Respondent’s Case' - Obiri Boahene

NPP’s Nana Obiri Boahene has given the indication that the issue before the Supreme Court will be of no relevance if the petitioner, John Dramani Mahama 'dies today'.
 
He explained that the petitioner’s idea not to testify and prove his case in court is “worrying” – after questioning his reason for seeking the court for clarification after losing the 2020 presidential election.
 
Nana Obiri Boahene who is also a practising lawyer was emphatic that the first and second respondent’s refusal to testify in court will not be of advantage to the petitioner.
 
“Never, that will not change anything if the petitioner has a weak case and can’t justify it. The position of the law says a weak petitioner’s case is not strengthened by a weak respondent’s case,” he noted in an interview with NEAT FM's morning show 'Ghana Montie'.    
 
Adding that, “This shouldn’t happen but if Mahama dies today, his case in court will be trashed, it will not be relevant anymore because the case is his.”

Watch the interview below