{"id":465090,"date":"2018-02-17T05:10:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T05:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/17\/igp-sent-8-armed-men-to-arrest-me-after-i-analysed-work-of-police-atuguba\/"},"modified":"2018-02-17T05:10:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T05:10:58","slug":"igp-sent-8-armed-men-to-arrest-me-after-i-analysed-work-of-police-atuguba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/17\/igp-sent-8-armed-men-to-arrest-me-after-i-analysed-work-of-police-atuguba\/","title":{"rendered":"IGP sent 8 armed men to arrest me after I analysed work of police \u2013 Atuguba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 17 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-17<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/86700249.295.jpg\" alt=\"Atuguba Maiden\" title=\"Atuguba Maiden\" width=\"295\" height=\"179\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>University of Ghana Law Professor Raymond Atuguba<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518844258_592_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">University of Ghana Law Professor Raymond Atuguba has explained the complications that come with his work as a political and constitutional critical analyst.<\/p>\n<p>The legal expert said the last time he analysed the work of the police with the intention of drawing their attention to some of their flaws, his house was besieged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEight fully armed police officers were dispatched by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to come and arrest me from my office,\u201d he told a gathering at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Atuguba made the revelation after the findings of his latest research which focused on 100 political cases decided on by the Supreme Court provoked a backlash from senior judges.<\/p>\n<p>The research analysed the voting pattern of judges on matters &#8220;where the law is not clear&#8221; and revealed their decisions were largely influenced by the political party that appointed them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomehow, the Supreme Court lost its way after the first years and the judgments started becoming clear on the lines of party appointments,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tDzKFatu8U8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo has dismissed the conclusion of the research, faulting its premise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the Constitution, a judge will be appointed during somebody\u2019s time\u2026and that somebody will belong to one party or the other,\u201d she confronted Professor Atuguba at the event.<\/p>\n<p>She said all that matters is for the ruling of the apex court to be in line with the law, sound and factual. She cautioned the law lecturer not to introduce alien practices into the Ghanaian setting.<\/p>\n<p>In his reaction, Professor Atuguba said his research is aimed at finding a more sustainable way of scrutinizing the Judiciary and not to disparage it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the Judiciary can be the most dangerous but we must scrutinize judgment for their fidelity to the law\u2026we must scrutinize judgment in the way judicial discretion has been exercised,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He was surprised at the negative reaction his work has received, revealing the last time he analysed the activities of the Ghana Police Service, some armed men were sent to arrest him.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, did not mention the name of the IGP who directed his men to arrest him and the year this happened.<\/p>\n<p>But \u201cwords are nothing to me,\u201d an unfazed Professor Atuguba said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9QlbMasx1Pw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 49 updated by: 49 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Saturday, 17 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-17 University of Ghana Law Professor Raymond Atuguba University of Ghana Law Professor Raymond Atuguba has explained the complications that come with his work as a political and constitutional critical analyst. 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