Efforts being made to frustrate me into resigning — Justice Torkornoo

Suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo has alleged that there are calculated plans to oust her from office.

Addressing the media on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, Chief Justice Torkornoo indicated that resigning prematurely before the Supreme Court concludes its case against her would imply the validity of all allegations raised.

“It may well be that efforts are being made to make me feel frustrated and resign so that the architects of the scheme can go back into the media to say that the wild and unfounded allegations in the petitions were not defended because they were true or that I had no credible defence to them.

“As Chief Justice of a nation, who has been given the onerous duty and obligation to lead administration of justice, I should not turn tail and run when I know the implications of not defending false and unwarranted charges” she noted.

She added, “If I resign under these circumstances, I will be saying that this flawed, unknown and opaque process is acceptable. It is not”.

Chief Justice Torkornoo was suspended by President John Dramani Mahama on April 22, following the establishment of the prima facie case against her.