According to the president, the petition is “unwarranted and unmeritorious”.
In a 12-paged statement dated August 20, 2021, the president noted that “The petition is devoid of any basis warranting the setting up of a committee under Article 146 (6) to undertake the very serious business of removing a Chief Justice from office.”
The Chief Justice and lawyer Akoto Ampaw were named in a statement by one Kwasi Afrifa of O&A Legal Consult, addressed to the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council, in which he [Afrifa] alleged that his client, Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta VI, once told him that “the Chief Justice had demanded a bribe of US$5,000,000 for a successful outcome of his case.”
The claim was vehemently denied by the Chief Justice through a statement signed by Judicial Secretary Justice Cynthia Pamela Addo. He further asked the Police CID to probe the matter.
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