Former running mate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) in the 2024 presidential elections and private legal practitioner, Wayoe Ghanamannti, has dismissed claims linking the CPP to his petition seeking the removal of President John Dramani Mahama from office.
Speaking on Morning Starr with Naa Dedei Tettey on Thursday, October 23, Mr. Ghanamannti clarified that the petition he submitted to Parliament was made in his personal capacity as a citizen, not as a representative of the CPP.
“Nowhere in this notice to the Speaker of Parliament of our Republic, invoking a constitutional article process, have I said I’m doing that on behalf of the CPP,” he said. “So I don’t see the correlation with any disclaimer.”
His comments follow a statement issued by the CPP on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, and signed by its Chairperson and Leader, Comrade Wing Commander Patrick Nelson Sogbodjor.
The party, in the release, stated that its Central Committee — the highest administrative organ — had not sanctioned any such petition and urged the public to disregard any attempt to associate the CPP with it.
Mr. Ghanamannti, however, maintained that his petition was grounded in his constitutional obligation as a citizen. “I did that clearly under Article 41,” he explained.
“The title is Duties of a Citizen… it is my duty as a citizen to uphold the Constitution. And if I think there’s any executive infraction, judicial infraction, legislative infraction… I’m just being a good citizen.”
He further disclosed that the CPP leadership had spoken to him before issuing the disclaimer.
According to Mr. Ghanamannti, the petition was officially submitted to the Speaker of Parliament on October 6, 2025, and duly received by the office.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh
