A former Mayor of Kumasi, Sam Pyne, has criticised the Deputy Attorney General, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, for his conduct in presenting a ruling by the ECOWAS Court of Justice dismissing the interim measures filed by the former Chief Justice.
According to him, the Deputy Attorney General should have tendered his resignation after the incident, noting that in other countries such drastic actions would have been taken.
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Speaking on Peace FM on November 20, 2025, he said, “With regard to the court’s announcement dismissing the interim measures against the former Chief Justice, the Deputy Attorney General, Dr Srem Sai, would have resigned by now if this had happened in another country.”
Pyne accused Dr Srem-Sai of being dishonest, describing his actions as the deliberate release of selective information.
In his view, the Deputy Attorney General intended to create the impression that the entire case of human rights violations filed by the former Chief Justice had been dismissed.
“You are a Deputy Minister who has sworn an oath to uphold the truth at all times. You went to court, the ruling was given, and yet you deliberately released selective information to mislead the public and create the impression that the former Chief Justice’s entire case was dismissed.
“As Attorney General of the state who is paid with taxpayer’s money, I am not saying he lied but he was being dishonest. The issue about the former CJ [Torkornoo] isn’t a private but a public matter,” he continued.
Sam Pyne, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), also argued that the Deputy Attorney General should have informed the public about the ECOWAS Court’s ruling on the substantive issue, rather than focusing on trivialities.
“… As Deputy Attorney General, despite the ECOWAS Court directing the state to respond to allegations of human rights violations, he chose to highlight a trivial ruling instead of addressing the substantive issue,” he noted.
Sam Pyne’s criticism follows Justice Srem-Sai’s recent update on the case.
On Wednesday, November 19, 2025, Justice Srem-Sai disclosed that the ECOWAS Court of Justice had ruled that Torkornoo’s application for interim measures did not satisfy the criteria for a grant of interim measures.
Quoting the court directly, Dr Srem-Sai in Facebook post stated that Torkornoo’s conduct does not support her claim of irreparable harm arising from the removal process and the Justice Pwamang Committee probe.
He added that the judges noted that, despite being suspended on April 22, 2025, and fully aware of the ongoing processes, she waited three months before filing her motion.
He wrote, “The ECOWAS Court has, this morning, dismissed Mrs Justice Gertrude Torkornoo’s application for interim measures. The Court stated that the application did not satisfy the criteria for a grant of interim measures. More particularly, the Court held that:
‘The Applicant’s own conduct defeats her claim of imminent and irreparable harm. The Court is, therefore, satisfied that the Applicant has not demonstrated the existence of imminent or exceptional circumstance that will justify the urgency of the application filed almost 3 months after the act complained of.
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‘In the light of the Applicant’s failure to meet the requirement of urgency, the Court finds no basis to assess the remaining criteria for provisional measures, same being cumulative. The request for provisional measures as outlined by the Applicant, same not substantiated, is therefore dismissed,’” Dr Srem-Sai explained.
Meanwhile, the ECOWAS Court has ordered the government to file its defence in the human rights violation case within 30 days, despite the state having raised a preliminary objection challenging the Court’s jurisdiction to hear the case filed by former Chief Justice Torkornoo.
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