Thaddeus Sory [L} and Dr Joshua Jebuntie Zaato
A lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, Dr. Joshua Jebuntie Zaato, has come to the defence of renowned private legal practitioner Thaddeus Sory, who has been accused of meeting with judges who are members of a committee probing a petition seeking the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo.
A Ghanaian citizen, Alfred Ababio Kumi, who has petitioned President John Mahama for the dissolution of the five-member committee investigating the Chief Justice’s removal, has cited allegations of misconduct, which he believes could compromise the integrity of the inquiry.
According to Kumi, on May 15, 2025, following the committee’s inaugural sitting, Justices Gabriel Scott Pwamang and Samuel Adibu-Asiedu, along with Supreme Court Justice Yonny Kulendi, were allegedly seen dining with Thaddeus Sory, counsel for petitioner Daniel Ofori, at Santoku Restaurant in Accra’s Airport Residential Area.
He claimed the group was overheard discussing matters related to the petition.
“The meeting between Justices Pwamang, Kulendi, and Asiedu with Thaddeus Sory has clearly tainted the integrity of the process and reduced public confidence in the proceedings,” Kumi is quoted as saying in his petition.
In response to the allegations, Thaddeus Sory, in a Facebook post on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, dismissed the claims as a “monstrous lie.”
The legal practitioner firmly stated that no such meeting ever took place and encouraged interested parties to conduct their own investigations to verify the claims.
“It is a monstrous lie. No such meeting took place. It is very easy to fact-check that. We know those who get justice through negotiation,” he posted on Facebook.
Commenting on the issue during a panel discussion on TV3 on Wednesday, May 21, Dr. Joshua Jebuntie Zaato dismissed the allegation, stressing that the Thaddeus Sory he has known for nearly three decades would not soil his reputation by engaging in such alleged misconduct.
“I have known Thaddeus Sory for 26 years. I know his integrity, his experience, and his principles. I am prepared to be a doubting Thomas today and say on record that, based on the Thaddeus Sory that I know, that meeting never happened. He would never put himself in such a situation. He has too much dignity, and too much to lose, to do something like this. He has won cases on merit and does not need to resort to misconduct.
“I can vouch, like Thomas said to Jesus, ‘Unless I see your hands with the piercings, I won’t believe it.’ Unless and until I see a video recording—and you can prove to me that it is not AI-generated—I won’t believe it. I will say again, without any equivocation or doubt, that Thaddeus Sory would not put himself in this situation. He would not do this.”
Chief Justice is a goner, the process is just a weapon to remove her – Dr. Joshua Zaato speaks on the petition to dissolve the probe committee#TV3NewDay
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— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) May 21, 2025
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