Over allegations of ‘wee’ smoking, Judges charge on Lawyer Ampaw

Some Judges intend asking the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) to discipline one of its members, Maurice Kwabena Ampaw, on allegations that some pastors and judges are allegedly in the habit of smoking marijuana, popularly called 'wee' in Ghana.

Lawyer Ampaw made this allegation in an interview with a local radio station, Okay 101.7 FM, last Tuesday and published in last Wednesday’s issue of the News One newspaper, when he was commenting on the arrest of hip-life artiste, Kwaw Kese, over assertions of possessing and smoking marijuana or 'wee' (apologies to Lawyer Ampaw).

According to the News One report, “Mr. Ampaw did not mention the names of specific pastors and judges, but said he has information that they hide to smoke the illegal substance, also known as ‘ganja’ or ‘wee’, behind closed doors”.

“When a pastor smokes weed before preaching to his congregation, that is between the pastor and God, if the weed is his source of inspiration. Some do it in secret. There are some pastors who smoke before preaching. They go into their bedrooms to hide and inhale one or two puffs of weed. So when he (the pastor) stands before his congregation to preach, he does not get tired. Some of them do it but they do not do it openly,” Lawyer Ampaw told Okay FM

Of his extremely damning allegation against judges and his colleague lawyers, Ampaw was quoted as saying, “Lawyers are not God. If even pastors are smoking weed, how much more lawyers and judges. Some smoke in secret, what I am saying is a secret thing and not done publicly. They hide to smoke it and then put on lavender or put something in their mouth to hide the scent. When you meet them, they look very gentle but you never know they have smoked weed”.

The above comments are what have angered the judges who intend to ask the GBA to sanction Mr. Maurice Kwabena Ampaw, one of its members.