Jihad Chaaban's 9 Month Sentence Was Influenced By Religious Hatred – Marwako PRO Alleges

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) for Marwako, Mohammed Amin Lamptey, has accused the judge who adjudicated the assault case of Jihad Chaaban of religious animus, indicating that her hatred of Islam contributed to the verdict.
Chaaban was jailed nine months for assaulting Evelyn Boakye, a then employee of the fast food joint – but Lamptey believes the judgement was based on trial judge Justice Victoria Ghansah’s fear and hatred of Muslims.
“ Jihad was very remorseful throughout the trial that is why he repeatedly kept saying the word ‘Insha Allah’  and then the judge interrupted our lawyer and said he shouldn’t mention the word Insha Allah here because anytime somebody mentions that word, the next thing is bombing, killing and shooting.” Lamptey told Starr News after the verdict.
“If you’re a Muslim and you go to court and the judge who is expected to know better says this; it’s amazing. And she continues by saying ‘don’t bring religion here if you bring it here it will be a different issue’…Insha Allah simply means ‘God willing’.  Clearly, the judge was racist, she has exhibited that element of her.”
He added: “Ghana is a country that embraces all religions so why must a judge in delivering her judgment say this in court. All the Muslims who came there clearly said that ‘so your judgement went that way because the guy is a Muslim?”