The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood, has reportedly set up an eight-member committee to investigate claims by the sacked Deputy Communication Minister, Ms Victoria Hamah, that Nana Oye Lithur met some judges ahead of the landmark Election Petition verdict.

The claim came to light in a leaked recording, in which Ms Hamah was heard alluding to the possibility that Nana Oye influenced some of the judges on the 2012 Election Petition panel to rule in favour of President John Mahama.

Nana Oye, who is the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, has since denied the claim.

The disclosure, however, prompted the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to call for an investigation into the claim via a petition to the Chief Justice.

The setting up of this committee is thought to be in response to the NPP petition.

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Updated: Chief Justice sets up committee on Victoria Hamah’s tape