Kwaku Ansa-Asare, a former Director of the Ghana School of Law, has boldly stated that the suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo’s case at the ECOWAS court is doomed to fail.
According to Ansa-Asare, he cannot find any human rights violations perpetuated against Chief Justice Torkornoo in the case seeking her removal.
The Legal luminary further quizzed how the Chief Justice Torkornoo expect the ECOWAS to intervene after she has not respected the Article 146 CJ removal process.
Speaking in an interview with TV3 on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, Ansa-Asare detailed, “She is the Chief Justice, she has to respect the Article 146 CJ removal process. If she herself is disrespecting the process, how does she expect the ECOWAS Community Court to intervene?” he queried.
“They want to find out whether there are any internal mechanisms in Ghana, are there justiciable remedies? She is the Chief Justice, and if she is not prepared and willing to respect her own Constitution, how does she expect the ECOWAS Court to intervene to protect her?” he asked pointedly.
He added, “I don’t think that the case is going to succeed. This is again one of the cases with the dimmest prospects of success. It is doomed to failure because the ECOWAS Court is a well-respected international adjudicating body. But if you look at what it has done in the past, it has not simply interfered with internal processes. It only assumes jurisdiction in clear cases of violation of human rights.”
“In this case, I can’t find any human rights violation perpetuated against Chief Justice Torkornoo,” he concluded.
Ansa-Asare’s comments come on the back of Justice Srem-Sai, the Deputy Attorney General, revealing that the suspended Chief Justice of Ghana, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo, has filed another case at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja, Nigeria.
The Suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo’s new case filed at the ECOWAS Community Court alleges human rights violations in the ongoing removal process.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, July 8, Justice Srem-Sai wrote, “I can confirm that the Chief Justice – Her Ladyship, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo – has filed another court case – this time, at the ECOWAS Community Court in Abuja, Nigeria, against the Republic.
In the case, which was filed on July 4, Her Ladyship repeated the same allegations of human rights violations which are currently pending determination before our Supreme Court and, also, before our High Court in respect of the ongoing removal processes.
Essentially, Her Ladyship argues that by her suspension, she “has effectively been removed from her official capacity without a final determination, impairing her right to function and serve in a position she was constitutionally appointed to.”
The suspended Chief Justice (CJ), Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, has filed another case in court for a judicial review challenging the unanimous dismissal of her application to halt her suspension and the ongoing impeachment proceedings against her.
CJ Torkornoo, in her review application, is seeking virtually the same relief as that requested in her earlier, dismissed application.
She wants the court to declare all proceedings of the five-member committee hearing the three petitions for her removal as null and void, arguing that the process violates her human rights.
Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama has stated that his government is awaiting the outcome from the committee he set up to probe the suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo.
According to John Mahama, his government has done its part, and the rest is left with the committee that was set up to come out with whatever its findings are.
He revealed that whatever the committee’s findings are, it will be dealt with.
John Mahama, addressing members of the Council of State at the Jubilee House on Monday, July 7, stated his administration is awaiting the outcome of the special committee investigating the suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo.
John Mahama stated, “On the issue of governance, we’ve had the difficult issue with regards to the suspension of the Chief Justice and of course, the Council of State was involved in a part of that process,” the President said.
“We’ve done our part. The rest is left with the committee that was set up to come out with whatever its findings are, and based on that, whatever the consequential issues are, will be dealt with.”
See the post below:
I can confirm that the Chief Justice – Her Ladyship, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo – has filed another court case – this time, at the ECOWAS Community Court in Abuja, Nigeria, against the Republic.
In the case, which was filed on July 4, Her Ladyship repeated the same allegations…
— Justice Srem-Sai (@JusticeSremSai) July 8, 2025
