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Former Deputy Information Minister, James Agyenim Boateng, wants the Chief Justice Georgina Wood to launch investigations into some allegations captured on tape which were made by a leading member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) against the Supreme Court Justices who sat on the election petition suit. Agyenim-Boateng, speaking on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo", told host Kwami Sefa Kayi that the NPP�s Aspiring National Youth Organizer, Sammy Awuku, needs also to be summoned by the Chief Justice to answer questions regarding some seemingly contemptuous statements he made about the nine member panel who heard the Presidential election petition some few months ago. He was speaking in relation to the petition filed by NPP asking the CJ to institute an inquiry into allegations by Ms. Hamah that the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur played a key role in the final verdict of the election petition which declared President Mahama winner of the 2012 elections. Describing the NPP�s call for a probe into the claims of judicial tampering made by dismissed deputy Communications Minister as smacking of double standards, Agyenim-Boateng, who is also a Presidential Staffer, wondered why the opposition party is not urging Mrs. Georgina Wood to also �summon Sammy Awuku to substantiate his claim that eight Justices were on the NPP�s side.� Ms. Hammah was heard on a 32-minute leaked tape, pontificating that Nana Oye Lithur, wife to the President's Counsel, Tony Lithur, during the hearing of the election petition, met with the Judges before they came out with their verdict on the case. Though the Minister has strenuously denied the allegations, the NPP seems discontent and petitioned the Chief Justices to seek redress nonetheless. But the Presidential Staffer believes the NPP just wants to score political points. �In this matter, the NPP has been extremely opportunistic but I�m not surprised�The NPP has been opportunistic in its call for probe�It is amazing the double standards [of the NPP] and people are not even ashamed about it,� he said. To him, it is only fair that the Chief Justice considers conducting an inquiry into the claims by Sammy Awuku. �Where was the NPP when Sammy Awuku was claiming to have Judges on Supreme Court (case) except one? How many Justices sat on the election petition? Where were these same people?...If that is the path to go, I accept; but the Chief Justice must also investigate the Awuku tape,� he said.