Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has brushed aside suggestions that the victory by ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas in his defamation case against former Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong provides enough basis for the conclusion that Ghana's judicial system is fraught with bias and corruption.
According to him, the differing outcomes in Anas Aremeyaw Anas' defamation suits against Kennedy Ohene Agyapong are not indicative of an ailing Ghanaian judicial system.
In an exclusive interview with GhanaWeb, on March 19, 2025, Martin Kpebu insisted such assumptions would be absurd and far-fetched, as the two cases were not the same. "As a lawyer, it is not something that I can easily say that based on the fact that Anas won a different case in the US and lost one in Ghana we can ipso facto say that the Ghanaian court doesn't give justice…no, we can't just give such a blanket statement because it was not the same case that was presented in the two courts," he stated.
While affirming his stance, Martin Kpebu also recognized the right of citizens to thoroughly examine the judiciary and register their frustrations with its performance. "…Being a citizen, I'm also aware that generally, citizens are saying that they don't like what the courts are doing etc and that is reflected in Afrobarometer surveys. "So, if you check the Afrobarometer report, on public perception of corruption on systems in Ghana, the judiciary ranked among other systems in the country that is not doing too well.
