CJ's removal followed a fair process – Atuguba insists

Retired Supreme Court Justice, William Atuguba, has weighed in on the removal of former Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkornoo.

According to him, the processes outlined by Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution was used to remove the former Chief Justice.

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He added that the processes followed constitutional requirements and hence removal from office was fair.

“Oh yes, that was the procedure followed…culminating in her removal,” he is quoted by 3news.com on September 9, 2025.

According to him, both President John Dramani Mahama and the Council of State complied with the prescribed procedure.

Justice Torkornoo was recently removed from office after a committee chaired by Justice Scott Pwamang cited, among other issues, the payment of per diem allowances to her husband and daughter.

Her removal has sparked widespread debate over the fairness of the entire process.

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Meanwhile, Torkornoo’s legal team, led by Nii Ayikoi Otoo, a former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, has described her removal as unfair and signaled that it will be contested.

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