The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has filed a motion at the Supreme Court seeking to halt the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkornoo by President .
The application, filed on Thursday, April 24, 2025, requests the Supreme Court to issue an order restraining any further action related to the Chief Justice's removal under Article 146 until the court has heard and delivered its final ruling on an already pending matter regarding the issue.
Assafuah, through his lawyers, is also requesting the court to restrain the committee of inquiry established by the president from proceeding with the probe into the petitions filed against the Chief Justice.
In the suit, which is scheduled to be heard on May 6, 2025, the lawmaker raised concerns that the petition against the Chief Justice, her subsequent suspension, and the formation of a committee to investigate the matter are "a farce and the product of a pre-conceived orchestration to unconstitutionally remove the Chief Justice from office." In documents shared by the Law Platform and sighted by GhanaWeb, Assafuah provided evidence to support his claims, alleging that President Mahama and certain members of his administration had previously launched attacks against the judiciary, particularly the Supreme Court, which the Chief Justice heads and had consistently expressed intentions to remove Justice Torkornoo from office. "That other appointees of the President, have in very recent times, expressed a view on the petitions purportedly presented against the Chief Justice and indicated that she will surely be removed.
