*By Akadu Ntiriwa Mensema, PhD

WILLIAM ATUGUBA: Counsel, what is your name
PHILIP ADDISON: Philip Addison, My Lord
ATUGUBA: You are overruled
ADDISON: Yes, my name is Philip Addison, my Lord
ATUGUBA: I said overruled; where do you come from
ADDISON: I am a full-blooded Akan, My Lord
ATUGUBA: You are overruled
ADDISON: My Lord, I am a Ghanaian, My Lord
ATUGUBA: You are overruled; what are you doing in this court
ADDISON: I am representing the NPP, My Lord
ATUGUBA: You are overruled
ADDISON: My Lord, I mean Akufo-Addo, Dr. Bawumia and Obetsebi-Lamptey
ATUGUBA: You are overruled
ADDISON: Yes, I am representing all three, my Lord
ATUGUBA: You are overruled
ADDISON: My Lord, is this the Supreme Court of Ghana
ATUGUBA: You are overruled
ADDISON: Are you Justice Atuguba, My Lord
ATUGUBA: You are overruled
ADDISON: My Lord, this is partisanship
ATUGUBA: You are overruled
ADDISON: My Lord, is overrule only your legal vocabulary
ATUGUBA: You are overruled
ADDISON: My Lord this is partisanship and bias
ATUGUBA: You are overruled
ADDISON: My Lord, you are ANTI-NDC and PRO-NPP
ATUGUBA: You are overruled
ADDISON: This means that you are rather ANTI-NPP & PRO-NDC
ATUGUBA: You are overruled; we are going for recession
ADDISON: My Lord, for how long
ATUGUBA: You are overruled
ADDISON: My Lord, I say you are ANTI-NDC and PRO-NPP
ATUGUBA: You are overruled

*Akadu Ntiriwa Mensema, Ph. D., is a nationalist Denkyira beauty. She is a trained oral historian cum sociologist and Professor in the USA. She lives in Pennsylvania with her great mentor and teaches Africa-area studies at a college in Maryland. In her pastime, she writes what critics have called “populist hyperbolic, satirical” poetry. She can be reached at akadumensema@yahoo.com. My poems and essays on Ghanaweb and elsewhere must not be reproduced in full or in part for any academic or scholarly work without my written permission.