Lawyer and historian Yaw Anokye Frimpong has said that suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo undermined herself by publicly disclosing that she is the niece of Major Sam Acquah, the soldier who was murdered alongside three judges on June 30, 1982.
Speaking in an interview on TV3 on June 26, 2025, the historian argued that Justice Torkornoo's revelation has drawn public attention to her family ties with Dr Alex Quaison-Sackey, whom he claims played a key role in the betrayal that led to the overthrow of Ghana's first President, Osagyefo Dr , in 1966.
Anokye Frimpong explained that the disclosure by the embattled Chief Justice effectively made it known that her father was the brother of Dr Alex Quaison-Sackey, who served as Nkrumah's Foreign Affairs Minister.
He alleged that Major Acquah, whom Nkrumah deeply trusted, accepted money from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States and betrayed Ghana's first president. "Until she disclosed that, I didn't even know that her direct uncle, her father's brother, was the same man who betrayed : Dr Alex Quaison-Sackey. "He (Quaison-Sackey) took money from the CIA.
