Seth Acheampong is the former Eastern Regional Minister
Former Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Acheampong, has suggested that efforts to remove the suspended Chief Justice are politically motivated.
Sharing his view on the matter on Channel One on June 26, 2025, Acheampong described the entire sequence of events, from the petition to the establishment of a prima facie case against Gertrude Torkornoo and her subsequent suspension as predictable, referring to it as a “playbook.”
He further argued that the petitioners seeking Justice Torkornoo’s removal may have been coached.
He suggested that they might not have written the petition entirely by their own volition, an assertion he used to support his claim of political orchestration.
“This is the playbook for me. Nobody can change my mind about that. It has been rehearsed. The people who wrote the petitions were coached, and that’s why I said, I pray to God that we are all alive in this country going forward,” he said.
Acheampong, describing the events as a bad precedent, cautioned the ruling government against crying foul of injustice should they be subjected to such treatments in the future, when they are in opposition.
“I know this democracy will not stay in one area for the rest of the years in this country. It will go; the pendulum will shift and come to the other side. If we are setting a precedent today and people become victims of it tomorrow, I pray nobody goes to stand on the rooftop to shout that they are doing something which is bad,” he added.
His comments follow allegations made by Justice Torkornoo of multiple constitutional and legal breaches in the ongoing inquiry against her, which she described as “escalating violations” of due process and the rules of natural justice.
Watch video of Acheampong making his submission below;
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