Justice Torkonoo and Yaw Asani Tano
The National Organiser of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Yaw Asani Tano, has described the appointment of suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as a calculated move by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to maintain influence over the judiciary even after leaving office.
According to the outspoken politician, Justice Torkornoo was not the most senior candidate at the time of her elevation and reportedly ranked seventh among her peers.
“If you look at their seniority system, it was not her time to be Chief Justice. She was elevated due to her age and the longer period until her retirement. That’s a long-term strategy. Even if the NPP is out of power, she will still be there,” he claimed in an interview on Peace FM.
Describing the judiciary as the “last protective covering” for the ruling party, he argued that her appointment served more as a political safeguard than a merit-based selection.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on May 28, 2025, unanimously dismissed an injunction application filed by the suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, which sought to halt the proceedings of a presidential committee investigating petitions for her removal from office.
Justice Torkornoo filed the application on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, requesting the apex court to issue an interlocutory injunction against the six-member committee established by President John Mahama.
The application aimed to restrain the committee from carrying out any inquiry related to the petitions until the substantive case was resolved.
According to court documents, the Chief Justice sought an order specifically barring Justices Gabriel Scott Pwamang and Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu—as well as other committee members, including Daniel Yao Domelevo, Major Flora Bazuwaaruah Dalugo, and Professor James Sefah Dziasah—from participating in the investigation.
She also requested that Justices Pwamang and Adibu-Asiedu be disqualified from presiding over or contributing to the committee’s deliberations.
The NDC communicator thought he was on Onua TV with Captain Smart as the host, so he chose to speak rubb!sh and leave;
he is incapable of engaging in intellectual discussions.
Such a c10wn 🤡 pic.twitter.com/EPYIz6hhgx— Yawa (@DontdoYawa) June 22, 2025
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