A constitutional lawyer and Professor of accounting, Kwaku Asare, also known as Kwaku Azar, has petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to remove the Chief Justice (CJ) Justice Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkonoo from office on grounds of incompetence.
In the 19-page petition submitted to Office of the President, the petitioner said the Chief Justice, Justice Torkonoo had made some unpardonable offences which should not go unpunished.
Mr Asare, a Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) fellow and currently domiciled in the United States of America cited misconduct on the part of the CJ as one of the basis he is asking for the removal of the CJ from office.
The private legal practitioner, who is a reformist enumerated a number of cases of incompetence against the CJ, including the transfer of judges sitting on high profile cases, reconstitution of Supreme Court panels to substantiate his case.
