The Chief Justice of Ghana,
Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, has rejected a request from the Office of the
Special Prosecutor (OSP) to remove Justice Edward Twum from the Cecilia Dapaah
case.
The OSP had filed a petition,
arguing that Justice Twum had shown bias against the OSP and wanted him removed
from all cases involving Cecilia Dapaah. However, the Chief Justice dismissed
the petition.
The OSP in a post on X formerly
Twitter disclosed that “By a letter dated 25 October 2023, the Judicial
Secretary informed The Special Prosecutor that, the Chief Justice is unable to
accede to the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s (OSP) request for his lordship
Justice Edward Twum to be recused and removed from all cases involving the OSP
pending before him.”
The request by the OSP was
grounded on the belief that Justice Edward Twum appears to be highly prejudiced
against the OSP and the person of the Special Prosecutor.
Public Notice
———-
By a letter dated 25 October 2023, the Judicial Secretary informed The Special
Prosecutor that, the Chief Justice is unable to accede to the Office of the
Special Prosecutor’s (OSP) request for his lordship Justice Edward Twum to be
recused and removed from…
— Office of the Special
Prosecutor-Ghana (@ospghana) October
25, 2023
At the last adjourned date,
lawyers for Ms Dapaah pushed for a hearing of the motion for confirmation of
the freezing and seizure order filed by the OSP.
They intimated that they had
heard in the media that OSP had withdrawn its request to the Chief Justice for
the judge to be rescued and removed.
Justice Twum told the court that
he had instructions to continue to hear the cases because OSP had withdrawn its
request.
Prosecutors for OSP challenged
this assertion by the judge insisting the request had not been drawn.
The Prosecutors also told the
court, they had filed a certiorari application and a stay of proceedings
against a ruling by the judge not to hear a supplementary affidavit by OSP
deposing to fresh facts and evidence.
The Court therefore adjourned all
cases involving Ms Dapaah by the OSP indefinitely pending further directive
from the Chief Justice.
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