Judges Caught On Camera Collecting Bribe Trigger Uproar In Ghana

Some Ghanaian judges are presently faced the wrath of the people in his country when he was allegedly caught on camera taking bribes.

President John Dramani Mahama

According to AFP, hundreds of angry Ghanaians have in one voice trolled out  to see the public screening of a long-awaited video capturing judges and court officials allegedly taking bribes.

Earlier this month, the news came out, with twenty-two circuit judges and magistrates affected. They were said to have tried to disrupt the broadcast of the video but all attempts failed and the footage lasting several hours was finally shown on Tuesday evening, September 22, in Accra. This video was put together by an investigative journalist who has written a petition to the Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama to remove the judges.

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“The whole thing is pathetic. “They have abused the system and if we really want the system to work, then there must be rules and regulations that go with such abuses,” said Kwame Acheampong, who was among the audience at the screening, which it has been claimed was confirmation of long-held suspicions about the practice in Ghana.

Another resident, Bismarck Nanor, said any judge found guilty of wrong-doing should be punished and not be regarded as “above the law”. “I think that for the justice system to purge itself, everyone found culpable must be punished according to the same law, the same legal proceedings they use against others,” he said.

Michael Ntim questioned why judges would be tempted to accept bribes in the first place, adding: “I was so shocked honestly at some of the things I saw.”

Bribery has been a trend in Africa. Just recently, four policemen on night duty were arrested in Lagos after one of them shot at a couple in a tricycle for refusing to give bribe. 

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