EC suit against Oliver Vormawor, CJ, others: Supreme Court adjourns sine die

In January this year, the group, #FixTheCountry Movement submitted a petition signed by the convener, Oliver Barker to the President, Nana Akufo-Addo invoking the constitutional procedure for the removal of the EC Chair and her deputies over their handling of the SALL issue.

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The Supreme Court has adjourned sine die, the suit brought against #FixTheCountry Convenor, Oliver Barker Vormawor, and 2 others by the Electoral Commission Chair, Jean Mensa, and her two deputies, Bossman Asare and Samuel Tettey.

In court on October 20, 2022, the single bench Supreme Court judge, Justice Amadu Tanko, noted that there was a return of non-service regarding documents to be served on parties involved. 

“We will adjourn it sine die. It’s very unfortunate,” Justice Tanko noted. 

Background

In January this year, the group, #FixTheCountry Movement submitted a petition signed by the convener, Oliver Barker to the President, Nana Akufo-Addo invoking the constitutional procedure for the removal of the EC Chair and her deputies over their handling of the SALL issue.

In their petition, the group contended that the EC Chair and her Deputies per their conduct intentionally denied the people of Santrokofi, Akpafu, and Likpe (SALL) the right to vote in the 2020 elections.

They, therefore, held in the light of the above that the conduct of the EC bosses meets the threshold of stated misbehavior and or incompetence as defined under Article 146 of the Constitution 1992 and thus should be removed.

However in the back of the petition, the EC boss, Jean Mensa, and her 2 deputies, filed a suit against Oliver Barker-Vormawor, the Chief Justice, and the Attorney General at the apex court to stop the ongoing impeachment process.

In their writ, the EC officials contended that Oliver Vormawor had published the content of the petition seeking their removal in the public domain contrary to Article 146(8) of the 1992 Constitution which states that: "All proceedings under this Article shall be held in camera, and the justice or chairman against whom the petition is made is entitled to be heard in his defence by himself or by a lawyer or other expert of his choice."