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Reliable sources close to the Attorney-General, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, say she has recused herself from the committee set up by the Chief Justice to probe various allegations of judicial tampering in the 2012 election petition. According to the sources, Mrs Appiah-Oppong, who until her appointment as A-G was a partner at Lithur Brew and Company, the law firm that represented President John Mahama in the petition, believes recusing herself from the committee is the proper thing to do. The A-G, the sources said does not want to be caught in a conflict of interest situation. The Deputy A-G, Dr. Domic Ayine, our sources say, will not be replacing Mrs. Appiah-Oppong for the same reasons. Dr. Ayine, himself is a senior partner at Ayine and Feli, a law firm where another member of the President's legal team, Dr. Basit Aziz Bamba, practises.