Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw
Owusu
Monday,
September 14, 2015
A middleman who stood between investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw
Anas and one of the judges caught in the bribery scandal had a premonition of the
whole deal.
The middleman whose name Anas
gave as Kyire, believed to be a court clerk, was apprehensive that somebody
could be recording or filming the handing over of bribe money to Justice Gilbert
Ayisi-Addo, popularly called Saddam, at the judge’s residence in Tamale.
Insisting to hand the money over
to the judge without the presence of Anas, the middleman even said at one point
that the journalist called Anas could be lurking around and it turned out
rightly that the man he was leading to the judge was the same Anas he had
anticipated recording their encounter.
Dialogue
Kyire: You’re giving
it to him (judge) someone is filming somewhere; tomorrow you would be on the television.
Tiger
(Anas): Hehe!
Kyire: But don’t you
see Anas has been doing it?
Tiger: No, but that
one, I don’t think he can be in this as we are coming here. I am here and you
are here, it’s only God who is there!
Kyire: They are things if you’re doing you
have to be very careful. To me he has a problem coming to his house; as of now
you don’t even know whether somebody is taking pictures of us.
Tiger: Oh, may God forbid!
Kyire: Taking picture or what and what!
Tiger: God forbid!
Kyire: But if I present it to him, it can
happen that he sent me somewhere and I am giving his money back to him or maybe
he sent me to the bank; if there is anything but you giving it to him! You know
these days it’s a whole lot. This money you gave me, my share is in the house.
I would present this to him. Immediately I give it to him then I come out then
we go.
Tiger: We go plan it don’t worry!
Kyire: If you go then you tell your brother
that this is what transpired.
Tiger: Don’t worry, if it were to be my own I
won’t have problem with that. But for someone taking picture of us; hehe that
one is impossible!
Kyire: Is serious,
these days, pen, they can use pens, people use wrist watches, phones.
Tiger: Mobile phones?
Kyire: Pen, mobile phone,
wrist watches and even shoes, most of them are cameras they use to take
pictures. He fears because he doesn’t know.
Tiger: For that one
there’s no problem.
Scrambling For Cover
The exposé by Anas regarding the massive corruption in
Ghana’s judiciary left some judges scrambling for cover.
Currently, 22 circuit court judges and magistrates
have been suspended while 12 superior court judges, mostly at the high courts,
are facing possible impeachment for corruption.
Video/Audio
Evidence
The high-profile judges have been captured on either
video or audio collecting bribes in order to give judgements in favour of those
who had offered them (bribes) - and sometimes to the highest bidder.
It is rumoured that some of the judges even exchanged
sex for justice or were given freebies to pervert the course of justice.
Sudden
Sickness
Some of the judges implicated in the scandal have
suddenly been taken ill and are alleged to have dashed to hospitals for
treatment upon hearing the news.
Justice Obimpeh for instance, was said to be currently
on admission at a private hospital in Accra, while Justice Quist has reportedly
suffered a mild stroke since news of the scandal made the headlines.
Resignation
Attempts
The Judicial Council reportedly blocked resignation
attempts by several judges at the centre of the scandal and rather referred
them to a disciplinary committee.
Reports say the Judicial Council and the office of the
Chief Justice refused to accept the resignation of Justice Ajet-Nassam.
However, he is said to have handed in his official
vehicles and other state logistics in his possession.
DAILY GUIDE learnt
that the judicial authorities refused the resignations because they wanted to
thoroughly investigate the extent of corruption in the judiciary.
The judges caught in
the scandal are being made to watch the documentary that captures how they took
the bribes they are alleged to have received relative to cases on which they were
presiding, according to reports.
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