The Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has defended President John Dramani Mahama’s decision to remove Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo from office.
Her removal, announced on Monday, September 1, 2025, was carried out under Article 146(9) of the 1992 Constitution. According to a statement from the Presidency, the decision followed the recommendation of a committee established under Article 146(6) to investigate a petition submitted by a citizen, Daniel Ofori.
The dismissal took immediate effect.
Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV, Dafeamekpor rejected claims that the grounds for the Chief Justice’s removal were weak.
“It’s absolutely incorrect for Hassan Tampuli [Gushegu MP] and some others to suggest, however whimsical it is, that the grounds underpinning these petitions that went before the Article 146 Committee were whimsical and frivolous. There were no frivolities at all,” he stressed.
Source: Adomonline
