Martin Kpebu is a legal practitioner
Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has proposed that suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkornoo, seeks a political settlement with President John Dramani Mahama regarding her impeachment process.
According to him, a possible settlement would allow the Chief Justice and the president to discuss her terms and what she requires in order to willingly resign in a manner that preserves her dignity, career, and reputation.
Kpebu made the statement on JoyNews on July 31, 2025, in response to the Accra High Court’s dismissal of Justice Torkornoo’s judicial review application, which cited, among other issues, a violation of her rights by the committee investigating the petitions against her.
“… Perhaps that avenue to resign is not available to her that’s why you see that she’s going nine miles. So, in this context, I once again implore our senior statesmen to come together and then perhaps approach her. If she consents, then they will approach the president and the other stakeholders so that they negotiate something for her to go, so that she resigns… I think a political settlement where she exits in a dignified manner is better,” Kpebu proposed.
He added that a political settlement would help the state avoid paying the compensation of $10million Justice Torkornoo is seeking at the ECOWAS Court, should the ruling go in her favor.
“That would help us because right now, it appears looking at our state of development, we are not quite there,” he continued.
Kpebu, however, commended her for the boldness she showed in raising issues that are often overlooked within the judiciary, such as nepotism, political interference, and other systemic concerns in her application.
“The matters she’s thrown out has forced certain conversations that ordinarily we wouldn’t have. You see, she raised issues of bribery, issues of nepotism, issues of political influence, matters that usually we hesitate to hold frankly in the no-holds-barred fashion. These are matters that when it comes to the judiciary, we are coy, shy about them. But I see that she’s forced the conversation,” he added.
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