Former Minister of Information, Fatimatu Abubakar, has suggested that the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo was influenced more by politics than by law.
Speaking on Prime Insights on Joy Prime, Abubakar said a closer look at the allegations and responses exchanged during the proceedings showed little substantive basis for removing the Chief Justice.
According to her, the decision was less about legal merit and more about a broader political agenda.
“The only justification is that they had promised that we want to reset the judiciary. We want to remove these kinds of people and bring our kind of people. And we have won an election that has given us overwhelming goodwill. And at this time, even if we do anything, Ghanaians will not say anything,” the former Minister argued on Saturday.
She added that the ruling government, buoyed by its overwhelming electoral mandate, may have felt confident that even controversial actions would not face strong public resistance.
“All that I am trying to say is that if you look at the substance of and I can run you through allegation responses, back and forth and everything, and tell you one thing that there shouldn’t have been basis for removing the Chief Justice.”
Her remarks come in the wake of President John Mahama’s decision on September 1, 2025, to remove Justice Torkornoo, following recommendations from a committee set up under Article 146 of the Constitution.