The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has filed a motion at the Supreme Court seeking to halt the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkornoo by President John Dramani Mahama.

The application, filed on Thursday, April 24, 2025, requests the Supreme Court to issue an order restraining any further action related to the Chief Justice’s removal under Article 146 until the court has heard and delivered its final ruling on an already pending matter regarding the issue.

Assafuah, through his lawyers, is also requesting the court to restrain the committee of inquiry established by the president from proceeding with the probe into the petitions filed against the Chief Justice.

In the suit, which is scheduled to be heard on May 6, 2025, the lawmaker raised concerns that the petition against the Chief Justice, her subsequent suspension, and the formation of a committee to investigate the matter are “a farce and the product of a pre-conceived orchestration to unconstitutionally remove the Chief Justice from office.”

In documents shared by the Law Platform and sighted by GhanaWeb, Assafuah provided evidence to support his claims, alleging that President Mahama and certain members of his administration had previously launched attacks against the judiciary, particularly the Supreme Court, which the Chief Justice heads and had consistently expressed intentions to remove Justice Torkornoo from office.

“That other appointees of the President, have in very recent times, expressed a view on the petitions purportedly presented against the Chief Justice and indicated that she will surely be removed. Attached herewith and marked as Exhibit 'F' is a publication of a recent statement by the Deputy Director of Operations at the Office of the President and Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Mustapha Gbande, in which he stated that the Chief Justice will be removed.

“That following the purported suspension of the Chief Justice and the composition of a committee to inquire into the three petitions against her, statements made by other appointees of the President show that the President's decision was part of machinations of the NDC Government to control and interfere with the independence of the Judiciary. Attached herewith and marked as Exhibit 'G' is a copy of a publication by the Deputy Director of Elections and Information Technology of the NDC, Dr. Rashid Tanko-Computer, in which he stated that the NDC was pleased with the suspension of the Chief Justice,” excerpts from the application filed reads.

Read the documents below:



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