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Kuranchie’s lawyers misled him – Kwesi Pratt

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  • KAK 10 years ago

    Misled YES what about Atubiga!!!

  • SGT ANANI FIADZOE 10 years ago

    Is it not a political prejudice on the part of Justice Atuguba to jail
    Atubiga the NDC for only 3 days a person who said NDC will not observe
    the rullings of the Supreme Court?

  • ADJOA 10 years ago

    WERE YOU SLEEPING when the judgement was pronounced? By the way, Mr. Ignorant
    Myopic, Justice Atuguba alone could not jail Ken. As president of the nine panel members, he also acts as their spokesperson. Justice Atuguba onl ...
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  • GOOD CALL 10 years ago

    Was there any need for a lawyer let alone three? Atta Akyea set the tone for Ken Kuranchie's misconduct yesterday.

  • Humble Africa 10 years ago

    He got a lesser punishment because he was smart enough to first apologize to the judges before him. unlike this Kuranchie guy who tried to out smarts 9 judges, that is very stupid.

  • Kofi Adjaho Mahama 10 years ago

    Did you know that Stephen Atubigah was called Aiex Acolatse during his tstay in the USA. Did you know that he was an NPP cardholder when he was in the USA?
    Did you that Steven/Alex was given the beating of his life for goin ...
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  • Nana Antwi-Berko 10 years ago

    Stephen Atubigah is way smarter than that idiot called Ken. Fraudster or not, we still love him!

  • SAMIA 10 years ago

    THEY JUST MISLED THE GUY

  • Maclean 10 years ago

    Ghana is now applying the ethics of its legal system. Well done done SC for upholding the principles of law.

  • AGYAAKU 10 years ago

    These NPP lawyers have put all their hopes on views and opinions of Pro. Asare, AKA AZAR. Just cast your minds to Gabby Okyere Darko on News File last Saturday. As if he himself has no mind of his own as a lawyer.

    The Azar ...
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  • DEE 10 years ago

    KOFI,HE IS A SMART FRAUDSTER I THINK.

  • Jack Osei 10 years ago

    There is no politics in this. Are you blind and death? Ken Kuranchi displayed a high level of arrogance. If you were on the panel, would you have tolerate this? Don't be stupid

  • Mactonto 10 years ago

    The conduct in court of the accused is an influential factor in the judgement of the judges. Learn how to respect authority. Respecting authority is completely different from defending your grounds. When he comes back, he sho ...
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  • Mactonto 10 years ago

    I do not know of any country on this planet, where individuals, especially journalists, have absolute right to say whatever they want without fear of repercussions. Therefore the issue is never preventing freedom of speech on ...
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  • Floating Voter 10 years ago

    Well said Mactonto.

  • Kwadzo 10 years ago

    Brilliant submission.good day.

  • kofi New York 10 years ago

    Everywhere in this world irresponsible journalism will land you in jail like ignorant Ken Kuranchie

  • ham 10 years ago

    becos he pleaded

  • SOBOLO 10 years ago

    SGT ANANI, YOUR COMMENTS ALWAYS SOUND LIKE AN ILLITERATE. JUST LISTEN TO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, SORRY FOR YOU.

  • tom japan 10 years ago

    EVERY WISEMAN AND RESPONSIBILE PERSON SHOULD KNOW HOW TO TALK EVEN TO YOUR OWN KIDS ATUBIGAH IS A FOOL AND BRANILESS ONLY TANII CAN SAY THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE RADIO.

  • SOBOLO 10 years ago

    BECAUSE HE NOT ARROGANT AND PROUD, FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

  • Kwadzo 10 years ago

    Its simple, He was remorseful.

  • KWAME 10 years ago

    You must understand it that Atubiga had shown remorse and had appogized even before his sentence.

  • You Bet 10 years ago

    You are right. First, Stephen Atuguba is Justice Atuguba's younger brother. Second, they are both NDC. Third, you may recall that when Stephen Atuguba was in Verginia, USA, he was one of the Kusasi guys calling on their brot ...
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  • Kofi Abotsi 10 years ago

    I earnestly believe that if Kuranchie had been remorseful, both he and Atubiga would have gotten away with only a caution. Atubiga's three days was only to create a sense of equitability in the administration of justice, i.e. ...
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  • Kofi Adjaho Mahama 10 years ago

    I agree with you 100%.

  • Jack Osei 10 years ago

    you are very right. Kuranchi has gone to eat his pepper and Atibiga has suffered for nothing

  • Huhuhuhu_Ny3hu 10 years ago

    The gentleman simply became what the Americans often refer to as 'collateral damage'. In fact,Atubiga go the most dressing down,and should have been let off with a stern warning to of good behaviour for a specified period of ...
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  • Garba 10 years ago

    ????

  • kpakpo onukpa 10 years ago

    Prof, I agree with with that assessment. I will also add that these npp hooligans always call this incompetent atta akyea to represent them. They erroneously think his marriage to the tainted chief justice's daughter will hol ...
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  • Kwame 10 years ago

    ignorant fool, who told you the CJ has a daughter? do you have someone like atta akyea in your family? green envy will destroy you!!!
    why didn't kwasi pratt-all-knowing represent ken?

  • Akwasi 10 years ago

    Atta Akyea only did what he knows and capable of. His knowledge of the law is very limited and shallow. He talks a lot and is arrogant but knows very little and has no humility. Your expectations of him and his friends are to ...
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  • Kwabena UK 10 years ago

    I agree with you Kofi. The judges even tried their best to direct him to be remorseful, look at the results of his arrogance.

  • A gentleman 10 years ago

    you are right my brother

  • kojo 10 years ago

    pride is not good,

  • Kay 10 years ago

    What do you mean by pride?He wanted an explanation from the justices,and if by so doing he is proven wrong so be it he will learn from it.How can the society grow if we keep mute,his case is even different from Atubiga.

  • POP 10 years ago

    KEN IS TOO KNOWING.HE DESERVE IT.HE WANTED TO BE A HERO,NOW SEE WHERE HE IS

  • Huhuhuhu_Ny3hu 10 years ago

    Invitation he expected from the SC?
    And to be certain,he must have gotten advice from a lot more of these so-called 'legal luminaries' than the trio which 'represented' him in court yesterday. Gabby Otchere-Darko fired the o ...
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  • ASEM WO MANO 10 years ago

    Done better for the poor Akyem guy than those so called lawyers. They actually let him down, now we know how too known the NPP people are.
    What A Nation?

  • PEEKAY 10 years ago

    KURANCHIE'S ARROGANCY CAUSED STEPHEN'S JAILLING.

  • Mempeasem 10 years ago

    Peekay I should agree with you there, ; going to same court on same day and time with an arrogant, and unrepentants like Ken, could mar your case on the day.So in order not to be tagged" selective" one more time, the Supreme ...
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  • Afia 10 years ago

    it is very true that ken's lawyers misled him.I feel sad for him.

  • Asamoah k 10 years ago

    I told you that the Ashanti/Akyem NPP lawyers are afraid of court. That is the main reason they selected Addison. They just make noise at the background. Where are their certificates? Tell them to learn hard and stop buying c ...
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  • Attorney 10 years ago

    Ghana is now officially a Banana republic practising palm tree justice. Did they quote the law? Did they quote similar cases?

    The people are being exposed to ridicule.
    The Ghana Journalists Association should have clear ...
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  • Artillery 10 years ago

    Now you see the kokoase lawyers at work. Why did they offer to attend court as Counsel if they were not prepared '...to support recklessness...' from the defendant? This is a lesson to you to choose the best Counsel there is ...
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  • OBAMA 10 years ago

    "It is only a foolish fly that follows the coffin to the grave' We all know Akuffo-Addo has no case yet we follow him as fools defending the indefencible. This is what we get. Kuranchie cannot wipe this from the records. He i ...
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  • Artillery 10 years ago

    Whilst the man Akuffo-Addo is quiet, these media hacks are getting themselves jailed for opening their big mouth to post things about the Justices and the Supreme on a case that is still ongoing. Now that you have a criminia ...
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  • kpakpo onukpa 10 years ago

    Npp quack lawyers representing npp illiterates. Their leader still has not shown us a copy of his law degree n where he obtained it.

  • BAWA 10 years ago

    What was he thinking at all. He was being foolhardy and yet he considered himself assertive. Journalism has really fallen in this land of ours.

  • KKA 10 years ago

    Funny world. rubbing Peter to pay Paul. When MP makes more serious comment he walks away free, when another person expresses his view JAIL TERM.

  • NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 10 years ago

    AKYEA IS NOT A GOOD LAWYER. HE WAS ARROGANT TOWARDS THE JUDGES AND ILL-ADVISED HIS CLIENT. KURANCHIE SHOULD BLAME AKYEA FOR SERVING 10-DAYS IN JAIL. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN EITHER 1 DAY OR AQUITTED.

  • kofi ofori amoako 10 years ago

    Atugba has no moral authority to censure anyone when he himself is violating a fundamental and rudimentary judicial ethic and canon which requires a trier of fact to recuse himself from a case in which he has a personal inter ...
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  • kodjo 10 years ago

    Hey Kofi don't be stupid!! How can the employment of the nephew of Atuguba sway his professional judgement?? What about one of the justice who is a relation to one of the petitioners and another justice who was once a regiona ...
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  • ADJOA 10 years ago

    Was watching proceedings with friends and majority of us, even as lay women, were appalled by Ken's lawyer approach. Driving home later, I heard on the 6pm news bulletin that 'HERO' Ken was found guilty as charged as per by h ...
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  • FREEMAN 10 years ago

    Personally I felt so embrassed both for Ken and his lawyer. A strong family head would also sentenced or punished Ken after his jail term. We mistaken arrogance for knowledge.

  • appiah 10 years ago

    Our judges erred in law and in common sense. They sat on a case in which they were a party. They also initiated a case in the final court of the land and used the occasion to undermine the powers of the SC. The courts prime d ...
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  • AABAAAAH 10 years ago

    KEN WAS TOO ARROGANT.....HE SHOULD HAVE BEG FROM THE BOTTOM OF HIS HEART AS THE ATUBIGA DID...HE DIDNT SHOW ANY REMORSE..BUT THE SENTENCE SHOULD HAVE BEEN 5 DAYS....KEN WE SOLIDLY BEHIND U IN SPIRIT.....GOD BE WITH YOU....

  • Mr. Objective! 10 years ago

    I fully agree with you comrade! Indeed I am not surprised he was misled by these pompous popinjays of lawyers who ill-advised him to throw the gaunlet at the Judges. Well it should be a lesson for his ilk.
    Forward Ever!
    Bac ...
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  • YOUR UNKNOWN FRIEND 10 years ago

    I watched the proceedings at the court.Both Ken Kuranchie and his lawyers are ignorant.And he calls himself an editor when he cannot construct simple sentence.The lawyers could not also show any credibility of higher learnin ...
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  • emm 10 years ago

    IT IS THE COMMENT OR PERSONALIZATION.THE SECURITY SERVICE SHD THEIR WORK AND THEIR COURT SHD DO HIS.

  • Honestman 10 years ago

    The much tooted legal brain (lawyer Atta Akyea) was yesterday cut into size at the SC where he and two other meteors; Yaw Owusu Addo of Radio Ghana and some1 else attempted to defend KK. In the end they did not only mislead K ...
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  • Lincoln, Nima - Accra 10 years ago

    Because of your selfish interest to become the President of Ghana at all cost, innocent people were killed, some molested, and now irresponsibly commentators jailed. Posterity will never forgive you, and what a bad legacy!

  • Michael 10 years ago

    Do we have a serious case of conflict of interest in Ghana where a person we is officially tasked to prosecute accused now privately defends accused persons?

    One paper reported the 3rd lawyer to be one Mr Kofi Boakye. Who ...
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  • Jack Osei 10 years ago

    Yaw if you are still at GBC then you have exposed your political colors, a government employee. If You are not with GBC then OK but if you are, then you will know the length of the loin in your pioto very soon

  • SUNFLOWER-BOGOSO 10 years ago

    THE RULE OF LAW

  • kojovi @yahoomail.com 10 years ago

    ken koranchie want to be hero for npp so stupid for him now face 10 days in jail

  • KDK 10 years ago

    MY COMMOSENSE SHOULD TELL ME THAT EITHER KENNEDY AGYAPONG OR AKKUFO ADDO SHD BE NEXT

  • go man go 10 years ago

    a spy, a traitor and a hypocrite

  • Akpenu Fianu 10 years ago

    Ghana is sitting on a time. War is at the corner. so every body should wake and fight for the course. The truth will surely come out. stolen verdict indeed is drawing Ghana backwards. President Nkrumah should woke up and see ...
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  • COS 90 10 years ago

    Oh menua, blame UP the akyems and the asantes. bcos dr. kwame nkrumah did not allowed akuffo addo father ( willaim akuffo dankwa) to steal ghana money, they plotted a coup to destabilized nkrumah. now look at nana akuffo addo ...
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  • kpakpo onukpa 10 years ago

    Mediocre Atta Akyea making money on these npp empty heads when they run afoul of the law.

  • otaferega 10 years ago

    atta akyea could have done better

  • MASAWUDU 10 years ago

    they should have giving ken too 3 days why 10 days..we knows the lawyer was trying to defend him but it was not the rigth to do that...but no problem is not the end of his life and we are still behind him.

  • CRACIOUS CRAY 10 years ago

    These npp loud mouth people will be consumed very soon by the law. They will now think before they talk and will also know that Ghana is bigger than that tiny elephant they are following.

  • KDK 10 years ago

    WHO IS HIM ? NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW. BRAVO SC.THIS IS WHAT WE NEED IN GHANA. IN OVERSEAS THIS IS HOW IT IS DONE. YOU FOLKS OUT THRERE THINKS YOU ARE UNTOUCHABLE

  • KDK 10 years ago

    LOOK AT THE NPP AND NDC DOING IN GHANA THEY THINK THEY ARE WHO THERE ARE. LETS ALL REVOULT AGAINST THE DO YOU KNOW ME SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY

  • KDK 10 years ago

    IT HAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT GHANA HAS BECOME A LAWNESS COUNTRY.PROPERITY IS IN OVERSEAS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE RULE OF LAW. THERE IS NO PLEASE PLEASE

  • KDK 10 years ago

    SC SC PLEASE DO NOT STOP THERE MAKE...LET THE LAW OF THE LAND BE RESPECTED BBBBRRRRRRAVO

  • TOGO 10 years ago

    KWESI PRATT KURANCHIE LAWYER IS NOT CRIMINAL LAWYER HE IS MIGRATION LAWYER

  • COS 90 10 years ago

    If you are a fool like kuranchie, you always follow foolish people.Kuranchie deserves to be jailed.SIMLPE AND SIMPLE.

  • Agyaku NYC 10 years ago

    These guys deserved tougher punishment that will let them learn to distinguish liberty and justice.I do respect Atubiga`s regretfulness, his statement was really belligerent and very disrespectful to Ghana`s judicially system ...
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  • OSAMA 10 years ago

    Kuranche's doesn't respect that's why they jail him for ten days

  • Goza Go Toro 10 years ago

    Lawyers make it big when they have STUPID clients like that rigbagba (useless)journalist of a sort.

  • kofi New York 10 years ago

    Someone is hitting his ass at Nsawam tonite oo Ken

  • Kofi Ben 10 years ago

    Atta Kyeas' pomposity & pride is landed Ken

  • Kofi Ben 10 years ago

    NO TEARS FOR KEN

  • NAA4U 10 years ago

    ATTA AKYEA, MASTER OF MISCHIEF AND FIRST CLASS MISCHIEF PLAYER. HOW MUCH DID KURANCHIE PAY YOU? YOU HAVE MISLED HIM TILL IMPRISONMENT.

    YOUR KNOW IT ALL HAS EMBARRASSED YOU BEFORE THE COURT TELECASTED LIVE

  • Don 10 years ago

    This should serve as a lesson to all Ghananians, especially those who for the sake of "something small they will chop" speaks from their stomach.

  • Whatever 10 years ago

    Sending Ken Kuranchie all out there to be raising questions about technical matters about charge sheets and what-nots rubbed the judges the wrong way. It was a ridiculous strategy Atta Akyea employed for his client