Solomon Owusu, a senior Communicator for the Movement for Change, has accused the former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo of buying a state land at Cantoments for ₵7,000.
According to Solomon Owusu, if Sophia Akuffo wants him to see her as an honest person, she must return the land she bought for ₵7,000.
Speaking in an interview on GHone TV on September 4, 2025, “If the former Chief Justice wants me to take her seriously and to see her as an honest person, she must return the land that she bought for 7,000 cedis at Cantonments. I’m scandalised. Who buys land at 7,000 and claims that she’s honest?”
“She knows the embattled Chief Justice in three ways: both are women, they attended Wesley Girls’ High School, and both have held the position of Chief Justice. That is why she did what she did”, he alleged.
His comment comes following Sophia Akuffo’s remarks in an interview, condemning President John Mahama’s removal of the former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.
According to Sophia Akuffo, the allegation that led to the removal of the Chief Justice is not strong enough to justify her dismissal.
In an interview with TV3, September 2, Sophia Akuffo stated, “The [allegations] lack the gravity that will lead to a grave outcome such as the removal of the head of an institution of justice.”
Sophia Akuffo further urged Gertrude Torkornoo to take heart, as God may have bigger, better, and greater things planned for her.
Madam Sophia Akuffo added, “She should take heart. That God sees, and sometimes when you go through certain things which you think have brought you to the end or to your knees or something like that, that could be far from the truth”.
“There could be bigger, better and greater needs that the Lord has in store. That is what I will tell her, and that is what I will send to her as a text message.”
“When you are a believer, things happen today, yes, they have happened, so look to God and move on, and you will allow God to manage the rest”, she added.
Sophia Akuffo further condemned the proceedings that led to President John Dramani Mahama removing the Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo.
According to Sophia Akuffo, Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo was not given a fair hearing.
Sophia Akuffo described the proceedings as a “rigmarole” that set a dangerous precedent for Ghana’s judiciary.
The former Chief Justice added, “She did not get a fair trial. Even though it is not a trial strictly speaking, it was handled as though it were a treason trial”.
“They lack the gravity that will lead to a grave outcome such as the removal of the head of an institution of justice”.
The former Chief Justice’s remarks echo the same feelings Chief Justice Torkonoo herself had earlier labelled as cruel and unconstitutional.
Meanwhile, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, the former Director of the Ghana School of Law, has told Sophia Akuffo to remain silent in view of the oath of secrecy she subscribed to as a Council of State member.
According to Kwaku Ansa-Asare, Sophia Akuffo’s remarks on the removal of Gertrude Torkornoo as Chief Justice are inappropriate and amount to a breach of the oath of secrecy.
Speaking in an interview on TV3’s NewsCentral, September 3, 2025, Ansa-Asare stressed, “All I can say is that our eminent and distinguished former Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana has nodded a little. The public has reposed confidence in her; she subscribed to the oath of a member of the Council of State and the oath of secrecy, so her comment and the whole interview are inappropriate.
“…seeks to realise that she cannot say anything and some of the things she said are just indirectly to her knowledge of what actually transpired at the Council of State and her appearance at the Committee sittings and once she has subscribed to a certain oath, she must always bear in mind that the Oath is a sacred duty which must not be broken,”
He added, “What she has done is in clear breach of the trust the good people of Ghana have reposed in her”.
“My good advice to my distinguished former Chief Justice is that in such matters, she should remain silent in view of the oath that she has subscribed to,” Kwaku Ansa-Asare added.
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If former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo wants me to see her as an honest person, she must return the land she bought for ₵7,000 at Cantonments… – Solomon Owusu (Spokesperson, Movement for Change)#GHOneNews #EIBNetwork#GHOneTV #NewsAlert#GHToday pic.twitter.com/56b7oBI1cx
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