In a similar case of cast the first stone if you are without sin, panelists of Joy FM's Ghana Connect programme were caught hands down when they were asked to raise their hands if they have never been corrupt.

The panelists, Kwame Gyan, A Pluz, Paul Kumi, had their heads warmed up, ready to dissect the trending issues of Ghana's corrupt judges but 'mischievous' A Plus turned the heat on his colleagues in the studio and on the millions of Ghanaians out there daring them to deny ever being corrupt.

None could raise the hand. Paul Kumi tried, but said he could raise it only to some point. The verdict was striking. Three of the panelists including the host subtly admitted to having paid or received bribe at some point in their lives in a country endemic with corruption.

A Pluz said the judges were corrupt but so too were the thousands who trooped to the Accra International Conference Centre to watch the most talked about Anas exposé.

He did not see the point in people lining up to go watch bribe takers when they themselves were equally as guilty.

Kwame Gyan had his hands down too but said the stakes cannot be the same. He explained that if he gave a security man one Ghana cedi for him to have access to an institution, that cannot be compared to a judge who takes money, goat to free a criminal who rapes a 13 year old; that is evil. If the judge frees a murderer after collecting bribe it is evil. The argument is not whether we all don't give or collect bribe, he argued.

But A Pluz will still have none of that explanation. He argued that if a security man receives one Ghana cedi at the gate, chances are that he will receive a bigger cash if he becomes a judge. If a person gives one cedi for a favour; he might be tempted to give a bigger sum for a bigger favour. The principle is the same. All corruption is corruption. "So why were Ghanaians rushing to the AICC to see the video," he asked.

Paul Kumi who said he could raise his hand only to some point, added he does his possible best not to be corrupt.

It was however evident that the Ghanaian society makes it difficult for people not to be corrupt.

The panelists were however unanimous that the judiciary was so important an institution that steps should be taken to rid it of corruption.