What Happened At The Supreme Court Today

This morning, I deemed it wise to educate my followers so I wrote a post on exactly what was going to happen at the Supreme Court today. But I forgot to add that in litigation, anything can happen. And indeed, 'anything' did happen today. As my senior and I drove into the court premises on the High Street, we were amazed at the beefed up security. Tons of police officers and armoured cars. Even more interesting was that the police officers were armed to the teeth. No nonsense. But on another note, there were some very cute looking girls in the police force. And you know the saying, a woman dressed in uniform is always ...

So the judges entered the court room and the lawyers announced themselves. After brief consultations with his team, the lead counsel for Nana Akufo-Addo and others, objected to Justice William Atuguba presiding over the panel to hear the joinder application. After some small drama, Nana Akufo-Addo's legal team was directed to formally object to Justice Atuguba presiding over the panel.

Boy, I did not see that objection coming. In the coming days, we will know exactly why they objected to Justice Atuguba presiding over the panel. What I wonder is whether Nana Akufo-Addo's team would not mind if Justice Atuguba sits on the panel but does not preside over it. That would mean only one thing, to wit, Her Ladyship the Chief Justice must sit on the panel since Justice Atuguba only gets to preside in her absence. Or Justice Atuguba will recuse himself from the panel. Yeah right! Recuse himself from a juicy, historic case such as this one? Never!