{"id":265184,"date":"2016-11-04T15:44:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T15:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=265184"},"modified":"2016-11-04T15:44:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T15:44:04","slug":"i-wont-recuse-myself-from-konadus-case-judge-tells-ec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/i-wont-recuse-myself-from-konadus-case-judge-tells-ec\/","title":{"rendered":"I won’t recuse myself from Konadu’s case – Judge tells EC"},"content":{"rendered":"
An Accra High Court, presided over by Justice Kyei Baffour, has dismissed an application by the Electoral Commission (EC) asking him to recuse himself from the case in which the National Democratic Party (NDP), is challenging the disqualification of its Flagbearer, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings and her running mate, from participating in the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n
According to Justice Kyei Baffour, the grounds on which the applicant asked him to recuse himself were frivolous and lacked merit.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”ho04taQ71ipQXiImmlIj1z1ioXPVF7Pn”]The judge’s decision followed an application by the lawyers of the EC, praying him to recuse himself due to a possible bias considering his ruling in a similar case involving the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Flagbearer, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom.<\/p>\n
The lawyers for the EC in their argument, indicated that, the judge has some interest in the matter due to some words he had used in making a ruling in the PPP case.<\/p>\n