Kweku Baako to challenge Charlotte Osei’s removal at Supreme Court

Veteran journalist Kweku Baako has announced he will be going to the Supreme Court to seek clarity on the processes used to remove the Electoral Commission Chair, Charlotte Osei, and her two deputies.

The EC officials were removed after some staff triggered Article 146 by sending a petition to the President who forwarded it to the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo.

The Chief Justice determined that there was prima facie evidence worth investigating and set up a five-member committee which recommended the removal of the embattled officials over stated misbehaviour and incompetence.

But since the brouhaha began in July 2017, Mr. Baako has maintained the petition is “really incompetent” and did not deserve the attention of the Chief Justice.

Mr. Baako said several portions of the petition were “petty, inconsequential and flimsy” and predicted the petitioners were going to be “grossly embarrassed”.

But a year after, the petitioners emerged victorious, leaving Kweku Baako uneasy with the process of removal.

He announced on Joy News’ news analysis programme Saturday, Newsfile, he is going to court because his ‘conscience and conviction dictate something is wrong’ with the removal process.

Charlotte Osei, Amdu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwah were removed after they were found to have breached the Public Procurement Act which is intended to ensure value-for-money in the supply of goods and services in the public sector.

Charlotte Osei cancelled a contract awarded by her deputy Georgina Amankwaah because she said it breached the procurement laws.

Source: Myjoyonline