The general public is yet to hear directly from suspended Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, as the processes on three petitions for her removal continue.

Former Attorney General Godfred Dame, who is the lawyer for Justice Torkornoo, has now shared some details of her state of mind as she continues to make news headlines whenever there is a twist in the ongoing processes.

Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV on May 25, 2025, Godfred Dame disclosed that his client remains upbeat despite the bastardisation she has suffered over the past few weeks.

He indicated that the suspended Chief Justice, as a “very strong believer in the word of God”, is taking inspiration from the scriptures.

He said that Justice Torkornoo has told him that she is confident that, just like the “biblical David”, she will surmount the Goliath before her, and that she wants the people of Ghana to see this in a public hearing of the petitions against her.

“Well, she's a very strong woman. She's one of the strongest women I've ever seen. And indeed she said two things. She said, ‘As I was reflecting on the word of God,’ then she remembered that, yes, David was even able to defeat a Goliath. David was able to just use a very supposedly innocuous object to defeat a Goliath, and so there's always hope. She finds confidence and trust in the word of God, and she knows that the truth will come out.

“That is why she wants light to be shed on the proceedings. That is why she wants a public hearing, so the public can hear her case. She has kept quiet so far, never made any comment at all whilst people disparage her and damnify her and all that. She's waiting for the day to speak, and it must be, as is usually the case under the Constitution, a public hearing,” he said.

The former Attorney General also said that Justice Torkornoo told him that she is drawing inspiration from former US President Bill Clinton, who went through an impeachment process after sex abuse allegations were made against him.

He asserted that the Chief Justice believes that, at the end of the day, she will emerge victorious.

“Two, she also said that she remembered, in the times of her reflection on the word of God, she actually remembered that even the most powerful man in the free world, Bill Clinton, at that time had an impeachment trial.

“Bill Clinton went through an impeachment trial, and that was the person who was supposedly the President of the United States of America, the most powerful person, leader of the free world and all that. And at the end of the day, she will also have her day and all that,” he said.

Dame added, “So she's very calm, reflecting on the word of God, and she knows that the truth will surely come out, except when they seek to suppress the truth in darkness, which is what she resists.”

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