Rashid Tanko Computer is the Deputy Director of Elections of the NDC
Rashid Tanko Computer, Deputy Director of Elections for the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), has criticised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over its remarks on the removal of former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, asserting that the process was fully constitutional and followed the same procedures employed during the previous NPP administration.
Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana on Thursday, November 20, 2025, Tanko Computer said the NPP’s attempt to politicise the matter is surprising, especially given that a similar petition against Justice Torkornoo was submitted during the tenure of former President Nana Akufo-Addo.
According to him, the earlier petition filed by Professor Kwaku Azar was also processed under Article 146 of the Constitution and referred to the Council of State.
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He noted that after reviewing the petition, the Council of State advised the Presidency that no prima facie case had been established, leading President Akufo-Addo to dismiss it.
“At that time, was it a political decision by the then Council of State and the Presidency to connive and stop the investigation of her conduct?” he asked. “If you say political, sometimes they talk as if Torkornoo was a woman organiser of the NPP.”
Tanko Computer argued that the NDC did not attack the presidency over the dismissal of the earlier petition because it respected the constitutional process.
He emphasised that the same Article 146 procedure has been followed in the current case.
“This time around, another group brought a petition. The same process triggered Article 146. The Council of State sat every single member present and agreed that the woman has a case to answer,” he stated.
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He maintained that no constitutional provision or step in the removal process had been breached, adding that the NPP’s reaction amounts to selective outrage.
“The NPP sometimes talk as if we initiated this. We didn’t. These things started under their regime. She was then the Chief Justice,” he said.
Tanko Computer insisted that the removal was constitutional, objective, and procedurally sound.
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