4 accused clerks directed to watch Anas' video and return with response

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Four staff of the Judicial Serv­ice implicated in the latest Anas Aremeyaw Anas bribery scandal Thursday have been asked to watch the video and return with responses when they appeared before the Chief Justice's committee of inquiry.

The court clerks are expected to justify why disciplinary actions should not be taken against them.

They are Elias Nkansah, Daniel Dzata, Eric Ayensu and Peace Abuadzi - all clerks in various courts.

Over 180 staff of the Service were caught on camera taking bribes while some demanded for sex to influence judgment of cases or acted as middlemen for some judges.

The committee resumes sitting on Monday.

Other members are Der­rick Annan; John Bannerman, Chief Registrar of Courts; Nana Opoku Asumani, Secretary; Patri­cia Quansah, a Circuit Court Judge and Frederick Baidoo, Deputy Director of Human Resource of the Judicial Service.

Seven Out

So far, 22 circuit court judges and magistrates have already been suspend­ed while seven high court judges have been asked to stay away by the Chief Jus­tice, Georgina Theodora Wood, in order to establish their culpability.

The high court judges implicated are Justices Francis K. Opoku, Kofi Essel Mensah, John Ajet-Nasam, Ernest Obimpeh, Kwame Ohene Essel, Ivy Heward-Mills and Gilbert Ayisi Addo.

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