Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams says the final verdict of the Supreme Court on the election petition case must favour Ghana rather than a political party.

In a recent sermon played back on Radio XYZ’s Christian programme, ‘Voice of Action’ on Sunday August 18, 2013, the Christian Action Faith Ministries’ Presiding Archbishop urged his congregation to pray for the Justices hearing the case “to focus” and “not be vexed; not be provoked nor intimidated” or “confused” through mysticism and occultism, in the process of making their final decision.

Duncan-Williams said the final decision of the apex court must not only be “in the interest of the future of this nation” but also “favour the cause of this nation”.

According to him, “we don’t want anyone to be favoured; we want Ghana to be favoured”.

The nine-member panel of the Supreme Court Bench hearing the matter has set August 29, 2013 for pronouncement of final verdict on the matter.

The Petitioners in the case – 2012 Presidential Candidate of the NPP, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, his running mate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and party Chairman Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey – argue that the 2012 polls were fraught with irregularities and so prayed the Court to nullify the declared results.

The respondents include President John Mahama, the Electoral Commission and the governing National Democratic Congress.

Duncan-Williams asked that prayers be said for the Justices for divine protection as the day of judgment approaches.

“We want to pray for them that any group of people who are using juju, incantations and sorcery and Mallams and working and casting spells and manipulating so that the Judges will rule in favour of who[ever] they want the judges to rule [for], ‘let them be disappointed’”.

He said: “Whatever anybody is using that is not [of] God, and they are using it against the Judges to cast spells on the judges, to confuse them, to intimidate them or to threaten them, ‘let the thing backfire; let it boomerang in the name of Jesus’”.