Counsel for indicted High Court judge, Justice Paul Dery, has petitioned President John Mahama to order an investigation into the true identity of investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ company, Tiger Eye PI.<\/p>\n
In a petition to the President, lawyers for Justice Dery highlighted what they claim are inconsistencies with the identity of the company, hence this petition which describes it “non-existent.”<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”d3AIHErKhEgrNqbUZ1ycDj3XDOnZNfZH”]\u201cYour Excellency, we have our client\u2019s instructions to request that you cause an investigation to be conducted into the true identity of the petitioner, since from the evidence adduced herein, the petitioner Tiger Eye PI who purported to file a petition with your office is non-existent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Justice Dery, was one of the 12\u00a0High Court justices implicated in a judicial bribery scandal, has been pursuing legal means to discredit the work by the investigative journalist to clear his name.<\/p>\n
Justice Dery\u2019s team indicated that the identity of Tiger Eye PI has evolved to Tiger Eye PI Ltd then to Tiger Eye PI Media Limited and then finally Stallion Tiger Limited.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo your Excellency, if one is asked what the identity of the petitioner is, the answer would be problematic. Is the petitioner Tiger Eye PI as appears on the petition? Is it Tiger Eye PI Ltd or Tiger Eye PI Media Limited or Stallion Tiger Limited?\u201d the petition asked.<\/p>\n
According to the petition, the counsel for Justice Dery said it is critical that the right identity of the Tiger Eye PI be established because any individual or group attempting to remove\u00a0Justices of the Superior Court must have an absolute identity.<\/p>\n
In the petition to the president, counsel for Justice Dery stated, \u201cYour Excellency, we have the instructions of our client to draw your attention to these serious identity problems of the petitioner for in our view, the identity of the petitioner is paramount to any petition for the removal of Justices of the Superior Court pursuant to Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n
Find below sections of their petition to the President.<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT OF THE
\nREPUBLIC OF GHANA
\nFLAGSTAFF HOUSE
\nACCRA<\/p>\n
Dear Sir,<\/p>\n
RE: PETITION OF TIGER EYE PI FOR THE REMOVAL OF JUSTICE PAUL UUTER DERY \u2013 A FORMAL COMPLAINT<\/p>\n
8.Your Excellency, what the petitioner is now saying is that its proper identity is \u201cTiger Eye PI Ltd\u201d. Indeed the statement was issued and signed by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, C.E.O of Tiger Eye PI Ltd.<\/p>\n
9. Your Excellency, this change of identity again does not end the identity problems of the petitioner. Kissi Agyebeng, the lawyer for the petitioner also stated in an interview with Joy FM (an Accra Radio Station) and which was reported online thus:
\n\u201cTiger Eye PI is a registered company. The mere fact that my client for the purposes of convenience chooses to write the name as Tiger Eye PI and not Tiger Eye PI Media Limited does not detract from the fact that it is the same entity\u201d.
\n(Please find attached and marked as \u201cPUD 6\u201d, a copy of the said statement).<\/p>\n
10. Your Excellency, from all the above the identity of the petitioner is put in issue. Graphically it looks like this:
\nIt started as Tiger Eye PI,<\/p>\n
To Tiger Eye PI Ltd<\/p>\n
To Tiger Eye PI Media Limited<\/p>\n
To Stallion Tiger Limited<\/p>\n
11. So your Excellency, if one is asked what the identity of the petitioner is, the answer would be problematic. Is the petitioner Tiger Eye PI as appears on the petition? Is it Tiger Eye PI Ltd or Tiger Eye PI Media Limited or Stallion Tiger Limited?<\/p>\n
12. Your Excellency, we have the instructions of our client to draw your attention to these serious identity problems of the petitioner for in our view, the identity of the petitioner is paramount to any petition for the removal of Justices of the Superior Court pursuant to Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution. References are hereby made to the Supreme Court decisions in Agyei Twum v. Attorney-General & Akwetey [2005-2006] SCGLR 637; and the Republic v. High Court (Fast Track Division), Accra; Ex parte Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (Richard Anane \u2013 Interested Party) [2007-2008] SCGLR 213.<\/p>\n
13. Your Excellency, we have our client\u2019s instructions to request that you cause an investigation to be conducted into the true identity of the petitioner since from the evidence adduced herein, the petitioner Tiger Eye PI who purported to file a petition with your office is non-existent.<\/p>\n
Yours faithfully,
\nAddo, Addo Legal Attorneys, Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo (Esq.)<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
By Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Counsel for indicted High Court judge, Justice Paul Dery, has petitioned President John Mahama to order an investigation into the true identity of investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ company, Tiger Eye PI. In a petition to the President, lawyers for Justice Dery highlighted what they claim are inconsistencies with the identity of the company, hence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n