Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has denied allegations of conflict of interest following his decision to represent suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo in a legal matter currently before the Supreme Court.
The Chief Justice, in a suit filed on Wednesday, May 21, is seeking an interlocutory injunction to halt all proceedings of a committee established to investigate petitions for her removal from office.
She has also requested the Supreme Court to restrain Justices Gabriel Scott Pwamang and Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu from participating in the process, citing concerns over their impartiality.
Speaking on Joy News on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, Mr. Dame insisted that he had acted within the bounds of the law and rejected suggestions of impropriety.
“It is about time that good men in this country speak for what is righteous and what is right. If there is any Attorney-General who, right from his appointment, has stood up for the judiciary and spoken against attacks on it, it is myself.
It is not right and must be corrected. It is about time that proper things are stood for in this country. We cannot let people mislead the public and let it go uncorrected.”
The writ, filed by Dame on behalf of the Chief Justice, names the following as defendants/respondents: Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, Justice Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu, former Auditor-General Daniel Yao Domelevo, Major Flora Bazwaanura Dalugo, and Professor James Sefah Dzisah.
Justice Torkornoo is seeking an order from the Court to restrain the committee—comprising the second to sixth respondents—from taking any further action or proceeding with the inquiry into the three petitions seeking her removal.
She was suspended by President John Dramani Mahama in accordance with Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution, pending the final determination of the case.
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