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.
Meanwhile, the cases of the OSP involving Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the former Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, has been adjourned to Wednesday, 8 November 2023.
This was awaiting the directives of the chief justice.
The OSP is in court over the declaration of assets by the former minister.
The OSP is also before the same court with an application seeking to freeze the accounts of the former Minister for a second time.
The court had earlier dismissed the OSP’s application for the freezing of the former minister’s assets.
The court held, among others that, the OSP filed the application out of time.
