It appears the press conference held by the embattled Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo is doing more harm than good to his personality as that has since opened her up for more public scrutiny especially on some of her claims.
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The latest of such fact checks is from Lawyer and Historian Yaw Anokye Frimpong who has stated that suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo undermined herself by publicly disclosing that she is the niece of Major Sam Acquah, the soldier who was killed alongside the three judges on June 30, 1982.
Speaking in an interview on TV3 on June 26, 2025, monitored by Awake News, Lawyer Frimpong stated that Justice Gertrude Torkornoo’s revelations during the press conference has drawn public attention to her family ties with Dr Alex Quaison-Sackey, whom he alleged played a significant role in the betrayal that led to the overthrow of Dr Kwame Nkrumah in 1966.
The historian and CPP member said the public disclosures by the suspended Chief Justice help in making it known that her biological father was the brother of Dr. Alex Quaison-Sackey, who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in Dr. Nkrumah’s regime.
According to Lawyer Frimpong, Dr. Quaison-Sackey, whom Nkrumah deeply trusted, accepted money from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States and betrayed the Africa’s freedom fighter.
“Until she disclosed that, I didn’t even know that her direct uncle, her father’s brother, was the same man who betrayed Kwame Nkrumah” – He said
“He (Quaison-Sackey) took money from the CIA. He was Nkrumah’s most trusted confidant. He assured Nkrumah that he could travel safely, that there would be no coup because the CIA had promised to make him the next president of Ghana,” Anokye Frimpong revealed.
“That man’s niece is this woman. Until all of this came out, I wouldn’t have known. So she should let sleeping dogs lie. Whether she likes it or not, she will not be the Chief Justice of Ghana forever.” – He fumes.
CJ Torkornoo’s revelations at the press conference:
The suspend Chief Justice Torkornoo, at the press conference in Accra on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, claimed among other things that the choice of the Adu Lodge for the hearing of the three petitions for her removal was deliberately selected to intimidate her.
According to her, the Adu Lodge featured very prominently in the planning of the murder of three High Court Judges, and her uncle, Major Sam Acquah, on June 30, 1981, and was chosen for her ‘trial’ to make her “feel insecure”.
“Was Adu Lodge chosen for this inquiry to make me feel insecure? I think so. And I continue to hold the view that there is no reason to hold a quasi-judicial hearing behind the high walls of Adu Lodge,” she said.
Her her claim of Adu Lodge featuring prominently on the murder of the judges has been dismissed by the facts with lawyer and activist, Oliver Barker Wormawor who said the old mention of that facility was October 1982 after the murder had occurred in June the same year.
CJ lied; Adu Lodge never featured in the murder of judges – Vormawor
CIA involvement in the over throw of Nkrumah
If ready can recall, President John Dramani Mahama disclosed that the CIA was responsible for the tragic overthrow of Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
He made this disclosure on March 6, 2025, whiles speaking at the 68th Independence Day celebration at the Jubilee House.
According to President Mahama, declassified US intelligence documents show that the CIA was behind the coup that overthrew Nkrumah while he was out of the country.
“The verdict of history is now loud and clear. Declassified documents from the United States archives reveal that this was a coup inspired and engineered by the CIA,” he said.
