Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has launched a scathing critique of the Chief Justice's recent legal maneuver in a case concerning her potential removal, accusing her of engaging in conduct unbecoming of her high office and calling on the Supreme Court to dismiss her actions as an abuse of legal process.
In an open letter, Amidu questioned the legitimacy of a supplementary affidavit filed by the Chief Justice, urging the apex court to reject it entirely or strike out its core sections. "Hopefully, the Court will rise above such childlike begging, appeals, and ingratiating conduct from the Chief Justice by refusing leave to admit her supplementary affidavit in its entirety or strike out the paragraphs numbered 6 to 15 of the supplementary affidavit inclusive as being frivolous, vexatious, scandalous, and an abuse of the process of the Court," he stated.
Amidu, a known advocate for constitutional integrity, warned that the 1992 Constitution must not be manipulated to serve narrow political interests.
He emphasized that justice must not be reduced to a performance aimed at protecting individuals in power. "The 1992 Constitution prohibits the treatment of any citizen in a manner that constitutes a mockery of justice and using ruses in abuse of power under the Constitution to satisfy parochial political interests," he asserted.
