‘It is shocking NDC now sees the judiciary as a wing of their party’ – Kwaku Azar

He noted that some NDC supporters threaten the judiciary and the government, saying that granting bail pending appeal to Chairman Wontumi will cause them to exit or desert the party in 2028.

According to Kwaku Azar, it is shocking that the NDC now sees the judiciary as a wing of their party capable of being threatened into abandoning the time-tested judicial rules and submitting to the wishes of the NDC.

Prof Azar prays the judiciary will rid itself of this perception, restore its full independence, and apply the law without fear of the Government or its supporters.

In a lengthy write-up on his Facebook on October 17, 2026, Kwaku Azar wrote, “I have seen some NDC supporters threaten the judiciary and the government, saying that granting bail pending appeal to Chairman Wontumi will cause them to exit or desert the party in 2028.

It is shocking that the NDC now sees the judiciary as a wing of their party capable of being threatened into abandoning the time-tested judicial rules and submitting to the wishes of the NDC.

I pray the judiciary will rid itself of this perception, restore its full independence, and apply the law without fear of the Government or its supporters.

This development must worry advocates of GOGO!

GOGO is struggling to understand your concern. Let us examine the claims carefully.

FIRST, you claim to have observed some NDC supporters threatening to desert their party in 2028 if Chairman Wontumi is granted bail pending appeal.

Assuming your observation is accurate, how does a threat to leave a political party become a threat against the judiciary?

You are not claiming that these supporters have threatened to storm the courts, intimidate judges, disobey court orders, or interfere with judicial proceedings.

They are simply threatening to leave their own political party!

SECOND, how does this threat, if taken seriously, establish that NDC supporters regard the judiciary as a wing of their party?

Indeed, if they believed the judiciary was firmly under their party’s control, why would they be contemplating an outcome contrary to their wishes?

Isn’t their very concern that Wontumi might be granted bail evidence that they recognize the judiciary can reach a decision they dislike?

THIRD, you somehow move from supporters threatening to abandon their party to the extraordinary conclusion that the judiciary is being threatened into abandoning time-tested judicial rules and submitting to the wishes of the NDC.

What exactly have you observed that establishes judicial intimidation, political control, or a departure from established legal principles?

A threat to withdraw political support may reflect frustration, misplaced expectations, or even a misunderstanding of judicial independence. It might even be a metaphor.

But it does not, without more, establish a threat to judicial independence.

FOURTH, you then pray that the judiciary will rid itself of this perception, restore its full independence, and apply the law without fear of the government or its supporters.

When was that independence lost? What evidence have you presented that judges are currently applying the law out of fear or favour?

Nothing in your stated observations supports such a sweeping indictment of the judiciary.

FINALLY, you conclude that this development must worry advocates of GOGO.

Alhaji observing some NDC supporters threatening to leave NDC if Wontumi is granted bail must worry GOGO?

C’mon, give GOGO some credit for common sense!

GOGO believes judicial independence requires judges to decide cases according to law, whether their decisions please or displease the NDC, NPP, or anyone else.

If Wontumi satisfies the legal requirements for bail pending appeal, the Court should grant it. If he does not, the Court should refuse it. Neither outcome should depend on who threatens to leave a political party.

The real concern is not that some supporters may abandon their party in 2028. It is that Alhaji has managed to convert a threat of political desertion into evidence of judicial intimidation, political capture, and lost judicial independence, all without establishing the necessary connections.

That is quite a remarkable feat of reasoning!

GOGO is not worried about the development Alhaji describes. GOGO is worried about the incurably defective reasoning used to describe it!

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Meanwhile, Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, a High Court Judge, has set November 4, 2026, to deliver a ruling on a bail application filed by Bernard Antwi Bosiako, known as Chairman Wontumi, pending appeal.

The High Court Judge adjournment follows arguments by lawyers for Chairman Wontumi, led by Samuel Atta Akyea, and Deputy Attorney General Dr Justice Srem-Sai.