Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo has filed a fresh case concerning her removal at the ECOWAS Community Court in Abuja, Nigeria.

In a Facebook post, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, Deputy Attorney General, confirmed that the Chief Justice case was filed on July 4, 2025.

“I can confirm that the Chief Justice -Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo – has filed another court case – this time, at the ECOWAS Community Court in Abuja, Nigeria, against the Republic,” he said.

Dr Srem-Sai held that Chief Justice Torkornoo had repeated the same allegations of human rights violations, which were pending determination before Ghana’s Supreme Court and the High Court in the ongoing removal process.

“Essentially, Her Ladyship argues that by her suspension, she has effectively been removed from her official capacity without final determination, impairing her right to function and serve in a position she was constitutionally appointed to,” the Deputy AG said.

Meanwhile, the Attorney General on July 1, 2025, filed a motion at the High Court seeking to strike out Chief Justice Torkornoo’s judicial review application.

That was after Justice Torkornoo had filed a judicial review at the High Court challenging her application to halt her suspension and an ongoing removal process.

She was asking the court to declare all proceedings of the five-member committee hearing the three petitions for her removal null and void, contending that the process violated her rights.

Justice Torkornoo was suspended by President John Mahama and a a five-member committee was set up, presided over by Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, to investigate allegations raised in the three petitions.