Counsel for indicted High Court judge, Justice Paul Dery, has petitioned President John Mahama to order an investigation into the true identity of investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ company, Tiger Eye PI.
In a petition to the President, lawyers for Justice Dery highlighted what they claim are inconsistencies with the identity of the company, hence this petition which describes it “non-existent.”
“Your Excellency, we have our client’s instructions to request that you cause an investigation to be conducted into the true identity of the petitioner, since from the evidence adduced herein, the petitioner Tiger Eye PI who purported to file a petition with your office is non-existent.”
Justice Dery, was one of the 12 High Court justices implicated in a judicial bribery scandal, has been pursuing legal means to discredit the work by the investigative journalist to clear his name.
Justice Dery’s team indicated that the identity of Tiger Eye PI has evolved to Tiger Eye PI Ltd then to Tiger Eye PI Media Limited and then finally Stallion Tiger Limited.
“So your Excellency, if one is asked what the identity of the petitioner is, the answer would be problematic.
Is the petitioner Tiger Eye PI as appears on the petition? Is it Tiger Eye PI Ltd or Tiger Eye PI Media Limited or Stallion Tiger Limited?” the petition asked.
According to the petition, the counsel for Justice Dery said it is critical that the right identity of the Tiger Eye PI be established because any individual or group attempting to remove Justices of the Superior Court must have an absolute identity.
In the petition to the president, counsel for Justice Dery stated, “Your Excellency, we have the instructions of our client to draw your attention to these serious identity problems of the petitioner for in our view, the identity of the petitioner is paramount to any petition for the removal of Justices of the Superior Court pursuant to Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution.”
Find below sections of their petition to the President.
THE PRESIDENT
OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA
FLAGSTAFF HOUSE
ACCRA
Dear Sir,
RE: PETITION OF TIGER EYE PI FOR THE REMOVAL OF JUSTICE PAUL UUTER DERY – A FORMAL COMPLAINT
8.Your Excellency, what the petitioner is now saying is that its proper identity is “Tiger Eye PI Ltd”. Indeed the statement was issued and signed by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, C.E.O of Tiger Eye PI Ltd.
9. Your Excellency, this change of identity again does not end the identity problems of the petitioner. Kissi Agyebeng, the lawyer for the petitioner also stated in an interview with Joy FM (an Accra Radio Station) and which was reported online thus: “Tiger Eye PI is a registered company. The mere fact that my client for the purposes of convenience chooses to write the name as Tiger Eye PI and not Tiger Eye PI Media Limited does not detract from the fact that it is the same entity”. (Please find attached and marked as “PUD 6”, a copy of the said statement).
10. Your Excellency, from all the above the identity of the petitioner is put in issue. Graphically it looks like this:
It started as Tiger Eye PI,
To Tiger Eye PI Ltd
To Tiger Eye PI Media Limited
To Stallion Tiger Limited
11. So your Excellency, if one is asked what the identity of the petitioner is, the answer would be problematic. Is the petitioner Tiger Eye PI as appears on the petition? Is it Tiger Eye PI Ltd or Tiger Eye PI Media Limited or Stallion Tiger Limited?
12. Your Excellency, we have the instructions of our client to draw your attention to these serious identity problems of the petitioner for in our view, the identity of the petitioner is paramount to any petition for the removal of Justices of the Superior Court pursuant to Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution. References are hereby made to the Supreme Court decisions in Agyei Twum v. Attorney-General & Akwetey [2005-2006] SCGLR 637; and the Republic v. High Court (Fast Track Division), Accra; Ex parte Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (Richard Anane – Interested Party) [2007-2008] SCGLR 213.
13. Your Excellency, we have our client’s instructions to request that you cause an investigation to be conducted into the true identity of the petitioner since from the evidence adduced herein, the petitioner Tiger Eye PI who purported to file a petition with your office is non-existent.
Yours faithfully,
Addo, Addo Legal Attorneys, Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo (Esq.)
By: Dan K. Prince//dailyviewgh.com
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