Supreme Court orders Dominic Ayine to apologize and retract contemptuous statement

The Supreme Court has cited former Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, for contempt.

Dr Ayine was found guilty of contempt for comments he made to the media on February 16, 2021 to the effect that the court had a "pre-determined agenda" to rule against the petitioner, John Mahama in the 2020 ongoing election petition.

The Supreme Court on Monday [February 22, 2021] ordered Following that Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine should purge himself of contempt by rendering an unqualified apology and a retraction following his public comment deemed 'scandalous of the court' .

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He is to retract the "scandalous statement on the very same medium before Thursday", February 25, 2021 when the court will reconvene.

Dr Ayine apologised to the court by himself and through his lawyer, Mr Frank Beechem, a former President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA).

The contempt proceedings has been adjourned to Thursday at 9:30am.