A lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Michael Kpessa Whyte has alleged that he and Rojo Mettle Nunoo were deliberately deceived by the Electoral Commission to leave the Commission’s Strong Room prior to the declaration of 2020 Election results.
He was at the Election Petition hearing at the Supreme Court.
According to the lecturer, they had raised issues relating to irregularities in the collation room and were instructed by the chairperson of the EC to consult the petitioner on the matter and promised to hold on to the declaration of the results until all matters were resolved.
He further told the court that after heeding to the advice of the EC in good faith, they left to confer with the petitioner, only for the EC to declare the result on their blind side.
During cross-examination on Tuesday, February 2, Dr Kpessa Whyte disputed the assertion that he walked away from the EC’s strong room because the petitioner had lost the election as suggested by counsel for the first respondent.
When asked why one of them did not remain in the strong room to monitor proceedings, the witness answered that the issues were such that the two had to go and see the petitioner together, adding that, as at the time they left the room the process was not close to knowing who the winner of the election was.
Counsel for first respondent, Justin Amenuvor, said Western North was not signed by their agents because they complained the results were massaged. Rojo Mettle Nunoo however signed but the witness claimed it was done in error.
