The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority, Professor Ransford Edward Van Gyampo, is appealing to President John Dramani Mahama to ensure the removed Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo, receives her entitlements.
The University of Ghana Professor of Political Science is making this appeal on humanitarian grounds, despite the current arrangements not providing for such provisions.
Speaking on the KeyPoints current affairs show on TV3 Saturday, October 18, 2025, Prof. Gyampo said even though the former Chief Justice had declined numerous advice to resign, thereby securing her entitlements, the President should temper justice with mercy and grant her what is due.
Based on humanitarian grounds, he appealed to President Mahama to ensure Gertrude Torkornoo receives her entitlements, despite her unyielding stance and questionable counsel from her legal representatives, Prof. Gyampo stated.
“Based on humanitarian grounds, I appeal to President Mahama to pay Torkornoo her entitlements despite pointless conduct and ill advice from her lawyers.”
The Professor’s appeal follows Madam Torkornoo’s recent application to the High Court seeking to halt the vetting and appointment of Justice Baffoe-Bonnie as Ghana’s next Chief Justice.
The suit seeks to nullify all actions taken by the Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang Committee, which was established to investigate the petitions leading to her removal.
In her application, Justice Torkornoo is asking the court to declare the committee’s proceedings invalid and to nullify the Presidential Warrant that effected her removal from office, describing it as illegal and of no effect.
The legal action comes at a time when the Parliamentary Appointments Committee is set to vet Justice Baffoe-Bonnie for the top judicial position.
Justice Torkornoo was dismissed from office on September 1, 2025, by President John Dramani Mahama, acting on the recommendation of a committee established under Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution.
The committee, after consulting the Council of State, found her guilty of misconduct, including the misuse of public funds and breaches of constitutional provisions.
Justice Baffoe-Bonnie has been serving as Acting Chief Justice since April 22, 2025, following Justice Torkornoo’s suspension. He was formally nominated by the President in September to assume the role substantively.
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