The title of this publication may be wrong, not carrying the sentiment of the writer across properly as he had meant. However, the law courts don’t seem to be acting fairly but biasedly, he thinks.

Right from the inception of the 2^nd term resumption of political power by President John Dramani Mahama, the High courts through the Appeal Courts to the Supreme Court are found wanting in a specific aspect. They lack fairness dealing with the reviews of the cases of the accused, convicted criminals or persons under the former President Nana Akufo-Addo’s NPP regime.

The quality of fairness as in law has become too expensive for them. It seems to have completely evaporated into the thin air as the morning dew does with the rising Sun.

The writer can hardly understand why the courts in a probable collusion with the Attorney General are discharging and acquitting all those convicted of various crimes against the state during the 1^st term of President John Dramani Mahama’s NDC administration from 2012 to 2016.

Almost all the owners of the five banks collapsed and consolidated into Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited (CBG) formed in August 2018, have their standing convictions and sentences against them quashed by the current NDC Attorney General. They have been discharged and acquitted.

How can the established financial loss they caused to the state, thus, using the state money lent to their banks for their personal interest instead of using it to run their banks and paying their depositors be gotten back by the state? How can they be punished for their misconduct or criminality to serve as a deterrent to would-be perpetrators of crimes against the state if the courts keep to what in the view of many is a clear abuse of the law and the position of the overseers of the law?

Sedina Christine Tamakloe-Attionu, a former CEO of Ghana’s Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC, 2013–2017), was accused and convicted of “conspiracy to steal, stealing, causing financial loss to the State, causing loss to public property, improper payment of public funds, unauthorised commitment resulting in financial obligation to the Government, money laundering and breach of the Public Procurement Act”. She was convicted to 10-year imprisonment in absentia when she escaped to the USA on medical grounds.

She was recently repatriated from the USA to face her sentencing. Nonetheless, the Appeal Court has recently discharged and acquitted her.

Assuming her discharge and acquittal is based on legal technicalities, the writer is worried about the pattern of exoneration from blame by those convicted under the former NPP government for committing various punishable crimes but who somehow had/have political affiliation to the NDC party and government.

Look at Kevin Ekow Taylor. This guy had and is still insulting, amid making accusations of commitment of crimes against some personalities in Ghana most of whom are NPP guys of varied standing.

He insults notable kings and queens. Nevertheless, this once self-exiled individual has been helped by President John Mahama’s NDC-led NDC government to come to Ghana, given official/mobbed welcome at the airport, gone to the Supreme Court to be cleared of all charges that had been filed against him by whomever in the various courts. He has been discharged and acquitted of all cases against him by no less a court than the Ghana Supreme Court.

Yet, these same courts are prosecuting and convicting some Ghanaians for insulting the President or some judges. I find their double standard very preposterous, to say the least.

Have the courts aligned themselves with the NDC government and party, hence doing their wish? If it is not so, what then is the reason behind their ongoing discharge and acquittal of those arraigned before them challenging their convictions?

These same courts never hesitate to jail petty criminals arraigned before them for stealing farm produce, chickens or goats. Shame though!

The Attorney General is also clearly playing politics with criminal cases hence always instructing the courts to discontinue with the cases mentioned above and as are brought before them.

There may come a day that all those abusing their positions will be obliged to give account of their services so rendered to the state.

The Ghana judiciary is known to be corrupt but not to this extent of being lopsidedly influenced by politics in favour of the NDC, their assigns and agents.