Deputy Attorney General, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has accused Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and his legal team of building their challenge to the Chief Justice’s directive on a claim he describes as a “deliberate falsehood.”
His comments came after the Supreme Court rejected Mr Oppong Nkrumah’s application seeking to suspend criminal trials scheduled to continue during the ongoing legal vacation.
Justice Gabriel Pwamang, sitting as a single judge of the Supreme Court, dismissed the interlocutory injunction on Friday, August 21, 2026, finding that the applicant had not demonstrated sufficient grounds for the court to grant the relief.
In a Facebook post after the ruling, Dr Srem-Sai said the MP’s case was based on the claim that the Chief Justice had authorised only two judges to hear selected cases during the legal vacation.
He said that allegation formed the basis of the application seeking to stop proceedings before those judges.
However, Dr Srem-Sai argued that evidence presented by the applicants contradicted their own claim.
“On court, however, their own evidence shows that their allegation was a deliberate falsehood,” Dr Srem-Sai wrote.
He referred specifically to Exhibit D, which he said showed that the Chief Justice’s warrant was a general directive and did not restrict the judges to hearing particular cases.
He also cited Exhibit E, which he said established that 29 judges, rather than two, were sitting during the legal vacation.
Dr Srem-Sai argued that the legal challenge had nevertheless resulted in the courts being unable to operate normally for a week.
“The point, however, is that they have succeeded in preventing the courts from working for one week. Never underestimate the power of deliberate falsehood,” he said.
Mr Oppong Nkrumah’s substantive case challenging the Chief Justice’s administrative warrants remains before the Supreme Court.
The MP argues that the directive allowing selected High Court judges to continue hearing criminal cases during the legal vacation is unconstitutional.
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