Thaddeus Sory
Renowned legal practitioner Thaddeus Sory, a lawyer representing one of the petitioners in the Chief Justice removal hearing, has denied claims that he met members of the probe committee constituted to investigate petitions for the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo
In a Facebook post today, May 20, 2025, Thaddeus Sory wrote: “It is a monstrous lie. No such meeting took place. It is very easy to fact-check that. We know those who get justice through negotiation”.
Alleged meeting
According to Ghanaian citizen, Alfred Ababio Kumi, the committee, chaired by Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang and including Justice Samuel Adibu-Asiedu, was reportedly seen having dinner in the company of another Supreme Court judge, Justice Yonni Kulendi.
Mr. Alfred Ababio Kumi, has consequently petitioned the President of the Republic to dissolve the five-member committee he has constituted to investigate some three petitions submitted against the Chief Justice of the Republic, after the President, together with the Council of State, established a prima facie case against the Chief Justice, which subsequently led to her suspension pending the investigation.
The petitioner, Alfred Ababio Kumi, alleges that the evening after the first sitting of the committee on Thursday, 15 May 2025, “between the hours of 7:30 and 8:30 pm, Justices Gabriel Pwamang and Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu together with Justice Yonni Kulendi of the Supreme Court of Ghana were seen having dinner with the counsel for one of the petitioners before the committee, Mr Thaddeus Sory at the Santoku Restaurant, located at Villagio, Airport Residential Area, Accra.
“The strange meeting of the four persons who are keenly interested in and have played, and indeed continue to play, critical roles initiated in the processes for the removal of the Chief Justice excited the curiosity of some persons in the restaurant. Indeed, they were overheard discussing matters relating to the petition,” the petition read in part. “Respectfully, the record of the four Justices Pwamang, Kulendi, Asiedu, and lawyer Thaddeus Sory’s presence at the restaurant and meeting can easily be verified and confirmed.”
“The above development is of grave worry as proceedings for the removal of the Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana are a solemn process and should not lend itself to manipulation by any person or authority. The meeting between Justices Pwamang, Kulendi, and Asiedu with Thaddeus Sory clearly has destroyed the integrity of the process and reduced public confidence in the process so far,” Mr Ababio Kumi stated in his petition.
“Both Justices Asiedu and Pwamang are panel members set up to inquire into the petition. They have no business meeting with counsel for one of the petitioners outside working hours at an unofficial place – a restaurant, to have a discussion. This is more serious when the record shows that Justice Pwamang gave judgments in favour of the same petitioner, Daniel Ofori, represented by the same counsel, Thaddeus Sory, in the Supreme Court.
“Their conduct is deplorable and the most unbecoming of justices occupying the highest court in Ghana. It has the tendency to show that the whole process, quite unfortunately, is a sham. In the interest of preserving the integrity of the process, I hereby petition you for an immediate dissolution of the committee, as its ability to dispense justice is clearly compromised,” the petitioner concluded.
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