Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo has confirmed reports that she opposed the removal of Justice Gertrude Torkornoo from the position she once held.

Speaking in a review interview on TV3, the former Chief Justice asserted that there were insufficient grounds for the removal of Justice Torkornoo.

She indicated that the removal of her former colleague, the Chief Justice, was ‘shallow’ and unjustified.

“What I am critiquing is the shallowness and the ephemeral nature of the grounds on which a Chief Justice and a justice of the superior court can be removed.

“I disagree with the grounds for her removal because the threshold that was being applied was rather low. Once again, I cannot go too much into that because the proceedings were all within confidentiality,” she said.

Justice Akuffo also indicated that she opposed the removal of Torkornoo following the determination of a prima facie case against her by the Council of State, which was part of the proceedings before her resignation.

She stated that she filed a dissenting view on the determination of a prima facie case against Torkornoo by the Council.

“I actually filed a dissenting opinion. I found my opinion... That's as far as I want to go. I think that ethically, that's as far as I can go.

“But one day, when the records of the Council of State are made public for that period, yes, my dissenting opinion will be there in the records because I wrote it myself and sent it in myself,” she added.

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The former Chief Justice further stated that the Council of State was not qualified to determine a prima facie case in a judicial matter because of the technicalities involved.

Watch a video of her remarks below:

Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo has disclosed that she filed a disagreeing opinion on the removal of former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, stating she disagreed with the grounds because "the threshold was rather low."#TheKeyPoints #TV3GH pic.twitter.com/ftikRUnP2o

— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) September 12, 2026

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