A private legal practitioner, one of the lawyers representing one of the petitioners seeking the removal of Justice Esaaba Torkornoo as Chief Justice, has reacted to the allegations of him meeting with some of the committee members probing the matter.
He has described the said meeting as false and urged Ghanaians to ignore the claims.
He reacted to the issue through a brief Facebook post on Tuesday morning, May 20, 2025.
A Ghanaian citizen, Alfred Ababio Kumi, has petitioned President John Dramani Mahama, calling on him to, with immediate effect, dissolve the five-member committee constituted to investigate petitions for the removal of suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo.
He is alleging that there are serious breaches of judicial misconduct by members of the committee.
He referenced what he described as a compromising meeting between two committee members—Justices Gabriel Pwamang and Samuel Adibu-Asiedu—and Thaddeus Sory, counsel for one of the petitioners in the matter.
He claimed that the said meeting occurred on the evening of May 15 at Santoku Restaurant in Accra’s Airport Residential Area and was also attended by Supreme Court Justice Yonni Kulendi.
According to the petitioner, the participants at the meeting were heard discussing matters relating to the petition.
In the petitioner’s view, the meeting and matters discussed constitute a serious conflict of interest and a breach of judicial ethics.
But reacting to this, Thaddeus Sory stated categorically that no such meeting took place.
He described it as a monstrous lie, insisting this can be easily fact-checked by anyone who wants to know the truth.
He ended by claiming that he was not one of those who get justice through negotiation.
‘’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.’’
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
