US-based Ghanaian lawyer and scholar, Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, widely known as Kwaku Azar, has reacted to newly revealed details about how former President handled his 2024 petition seeking the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.
The details, contained in a letter the former president wrote to his Council of State, show that Akufo-Addo dismissed the petition after receiving a response from the Chief Justice, which he then forwarded to the Council, without hearing from Kwaku Azar himself.
In a post shared on X on April 16, 2025, Kwaku Azar stated that Akufo-Addo's decision to send the Chief Justice's response to the Council of State without granting him the opportunity to respond was wrong.
He argued that the action violated Article 146(6) of the 1992 Constitution, which outlines a two-stage process for the removal of the Chief Justice: the filter phase (initial screening) and the forum phase (full inquiry).
