Renowned Ghanaian media personality Nana Aba Anamoah
Renowned Ghanaian media personality Nana Aba Anamoah has sharply criticised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for its recent protests against President John Mahama’s suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.
In a post on her X account on May 6, 2025, Anamoah highlighted the party’s silence during the controversial 2018 removal of former Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson Charlotte Osei.
Anamoah accused the NPP of double standards, stating, “When my beloved and efficient cousin, Charlotte Osei, was unfairly removed from office as EC Chairperson, you didn’t hit the streets for her. Nipa nua ne nipa. Every institution must be protected.”
In 2018, under the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, Charlotte Osei and two of her deputies were removed from office following a committee investigation into alleged procurement breaches and misconduct.
Critics, including the National Democratic Congress (NDC), labeled the move a witch-hunt, while the NPP defended it as a constitutional action. Anamoah, among others, had expressed shock at the time, calling the decision unjust.
Fast-forward to 2025, and the NPP has now staged a protest over the suspension of the Chief Justice, alleging political interference in judicial independence.
This follows the establishment of a prima facie case in response to three petitions seeking the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo.
President John Dramani Mahama subsequently suspended her and established a five-member committee to inquire into the petitions.
In the interim, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, has assumed the role as acting Chief Justice.
Read the petition. Don’t depend on google. Do independent reading from credible sources. The NPP had no sensible reason to remove Charlotte at the time. Well meaning people in the party were quiet when she was maltreated. I hate hypocrites. Be independent minded https://t.co/E4NlBswkGd
— nana aba (@thenanaaba) May 6, 2025
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