[Watch Video] Mahama vs Akufo-Addo Election Petition: Watch what happened in court on Day 1

The Supreme Court has Thursday January 14, 2021 started hearing the Election Petition brought before it by the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the December 7, 2020 Presidential Election, John Dramani Mahama.

The court today granted the petitioner’s motion to amend errors in his petition and also took the decision to broadcast the proceedings live.

The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the December 7, 2020 Presidential Election, John Dramani Mahama sued the EC as 1^st Respondent and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as 2^nd Respondent, seeking the Supreme Court to grant him the following reliefs:

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(a) A declaration that Mrs. Jean Adukwei Mensa, Chairperson of 1^st Respondent and the Returning Officer for the Presidential Elections held on 7^th December 2020 was in breach of Article 63(3) of the 1992 Constitution in the declaration she made on 9^th December 2020 in respect of the Presidential Election that was held on 7^th December 2020;

(b) A declaration that, based on the data contained in the declaration made by Mrs. Jean Adukwei Mensa, Chairperson of 1^st Respondent and the Returning Officer for the Presidential Elections held on 7^th December 2020, no candidate satisfied the requirement of Article 63(3) of the 1992 Constitution to be declared President-elect;

(c) A declaration that the purported declaration made on 9^th December 2020 of the results of the Presidential Election by Mrs. Jean Adukwei Mensa, Chairperson of 1^st Respondent and the Returning Officer for the Presidential Elections held on 7^th December 2020 is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whatsoever;

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(d) An order annulling the Declaration of President-Elect Instrument, 2020 (C.I. 135) dated 9th December 2020, issued under the hand of Mrs. Jean Adukwei Mensa, Chairperson of 1^st Respondent and the Returning Officer for the Presidential Elections held 7^th December 2020 and gazetted on 10^th December, 2020;

(e) An order of injunction restraining the 2^nd Respondent from holding himself out as President-elect;

(f) An order of mandatory injunction directing the 1^st Respondent to proceed to conduct a second election with Petitioner and 1^st Respondent [2^nd Respondent as amended] as the candidates as required under Articles 63(4) and (5) of the 1992 Constitution.

Watch what happened in court today in the video below: