The Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of attempting to undermine Ghana’s judiciary in an unprecedented and dangerous manner.
Commenting on the ongoing removal proceedings against suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, Ahiagbah warned that the NDC, if successful, would go down in history as the most oppressive regime toward the judiciary in Ghana’s democratic era.
“This Chief Justice matter—the NDC will go down in history as the most judicially oppressive regime, one that took our judiciary over, subjugated it, if they conclude this process and therefore appoint a CJ to replace Madam Gertrude Torkornoo,” Ahiagbah stated during an appearance on Channel One TV’s The Big Issue on Saturday, June 28.
He continued, “It is unheard of that a president would go as far as they are seeking to go in the absence of very compelling, clear-cut evidence of misconduct, or incapacity to perform or execute the task of the office of the CJ.”
Meanwhile, Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has strongly dismissed any suggestion that the impeachment process is politically motivated.
Responding shortly after Justice Torkornoo’s public statement on Wednesday, June 25, he insisted that the proceedings are grounded firmly in law and guided by constitutional provisions—not political expediency.
“It does not matter how sensitive your position is; once Ghanaian law dictates that certain processes must be taken in respect of alleged misconduct, the rules must come into play. That is the only guiding principle President Mahama has operated by in all of this,” he explained.
“Any claim, reference, or imputation of a political motive to the President in respect of these processes is unfounded, false, and cannot be allowed to stand,” Kwakye Ofosu added.