Lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen has named the three National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislators chasing after former President Mahama for the party’s flagbearership slot.
The deputy General Secretary for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in an interview on Wontumi TV, disclosed the submarine tactics deployed by the Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu; the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga to destabilize the presidential ambition of Mr. Mahama.
According to the seasoned politician, the trios are all nursing their presidential ambition and it was for that reason, they all teamed up to go to the Supreme Court to place an injunction on the implementation of the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy).
The MPs–Haruna Iddrisu, Mahama Ayariga, and Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, filed the injunction application on Tuesday, April 19, following the passage of the bill on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, despite a walkout by the Minority MPs.
They had sought to stop the government from implementing the levy until an earlier case they filed to challenge the passage of the law is determined by the apex court.
But the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the injunction application filed by three members of the Minority caucus in Parliament.
Speaking on the development, Lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen described their action as a “face saving exercise” adding that “Haruna, Ablakwa and Ayariga all have presidential ambitions” and that factor pushed them to the court.