Allotey Jacobs, a former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman for the Central Region, has questioned Justice William Atuguba‘s motivation for his recent remarks.
He claimed that the former Chief Justice’s recent outburst regarding certain Supreme Court decisions suggests that he is trying to get John Dramani Mahama to run alongside him in the general elections of 2024.
“He carved a niche for himself and now that you have gone on retirement, you are wading back into controversy.
“As a former Supreme Court judge, I expect that behind closed doors you and your colleague members also on retirement can meet, I don’t know whether they have an association or organisation where he can point out that this was not done right and that it should have been done another way.
“But now that he has come out, I am compelled to ask if he wants to be a running mate to the leading opposition flagbearer,” Allotey Jacobs asked.
He continued: “Because now it looks like people are outdoing each other in order to be chosen by the flagbearer as his running mate. This is very controversial. You don’t come out to make these statements.
“You can make it at a lecture to some students so that it becomes speculative but not to come out straight on the issue. So I am worried of the things coming from the academia of late.
“People we respect in this country, people we hold higher in this country are becoming serial callers, said him during a conversation about Kokrokoo on Peace FM.
In a public lecture at the University of Ghana on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, Justice Atuguba raised important issues regarding the administration, the judicial system, and the administration of justice.
Relatedly, Atuguba has expressed shock at the government’s incapacity to put an end to the illegal mining threat that is destroying the nation’s water resources and ecosystem despite having all the authority and resources to do so.
Justice William Atuguba, who has recently spoken candidly about public perceptions of the judiciary, expressed concern about the devastating effects of illegal mining in an interview with Joy News’ Raymond Acquah on Upfront.
