Supreme Court to rule on Amewu’s case today

The court will rule after both parties have argued extensively today

Supreme Court to rule on Amewu’s case today
Peter Amewu

The Supreme Court will today, January 5, rule on the matter challenging a High Court’s decision granting an injunction against Hohoe MP-elect, John Peter Amewu.

The ruling is expected to be delivered at 12 noon.

The state through a Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Dame, filed a motion at the supreme court to  contest an injunction placed on Amewu by the Ho High Court.

The injunction was granted after some residents of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi (SALL) argued that the Electoral Commission’s failure to allow them to vote in the just-ended parliamentary elections amounted to a breach of their rights.

The injunction prevented the EC from gazetting Mr Amewu as the winner of the Hohoe parliamentary polls.

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According to them, the creation of the Oti Region coupled with a recent Supreme Court decision and failure of the EC to create a constituency for them meant they did not vote for a parliamentary candidate in the just-ended election.

But the Attorney General jumped to the defence of the commission. It argued that the decision is not legally sound.