Renowned legal practitioner Tsatsu Tsikata has criticised the Supreme Court panel that adjudicated the 2020 presidential election petition. He accused it of shielding the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa, from accountability.
Tsikata expressed concern over the court’s handling of the case, which was presided over by then Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah.
According to him, the court’s refusal to compel Jean Mensa to testify—despite being the constitutionally mandated returning officer—undermined the credibility of the process.
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Speaking at an honorary lecture and award ceremony held in his honour at the University of Professional Studies, Accra, on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, he argued that her testimony was crucial to clarifying discrepancies in the presidential election results she initially declared.
Tsikata noted that the figures announced by the Electoral Commission underwent multiple revisions, including corrections issued through a press release and subsequent variations presented in court filings.
The failure of the court, he said, to subject the EC Chairperson to cross-examination contributed to public perception of bias, culminating in the Supreme Court being labelled “unanimous FC.”
“It was not in dispute that the figures announced were later corrected, and even those submitted in court differed. Yet, the Chairperson, who verified the EC’s response and was expected to testify, did not take the stand to explain these inconsistencies,” he stated.
Tsikata further argued that the absence of a definitive, publicly accounted set of results has left lingering doubts about the outcome of the 2020 election.
“To this day, the country lacks a clear and authoritative accounting of the presidential election results. The proceedings effectively shielded the returning officer from explaining the discrepancies to the people of Ghana,” he added.