Former Legal Counsel to ex-President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Kow Abaka Essuman, has called on President John Dramani Mahama to release the full report of the committee that investigated petitions for the removal of Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.
In a statement on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, Essuman said the 1992 Constitution does not prevent the President from making the findings public. "The President of the Republic must, without further delay, release the full report of the Committee constituted under Article 146(6) of the Constitution to investigate the petitions filed for the removal of the Honourable Chief Justice, together with all associated proceedings and documents, namely, the petitions and the Chief Justice's responses, the prima facie consultations with the Council of State, the full record of witness testimonies, and the committee's findings and conclusions," he said.
Abaka Essuman argued that Article 146(8)'s confidentiality requirement ends once the Committee completes its work. "Once the proceedings are completed, the constitutional obligation to maintain confidentiality dissolves, and a countervailing obligation to disclose arises in the interest of transparency, public accountability, and the constitutional right of Ghanaians to access information on matters of public importance," he said.
He cited several cases, including Dery v.
