President Nana Akufo-Addo has dismissed the petition brought before him by the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) demanding the removal of Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah from office because of bribery allegations levelled against the latter.
In a letter to ASEPA , the president said there was no basis for the petition for the removal of the Chief Justice.
“The petition is dismissed accordingly,” the president added in the letter.
Akufo-Addo also said the petition was based on “third hand and fourth hand hearsay”.
“The petition is devoid of any basis warranting the setting up of a committee under Article 146 (6) to undertake the very serious business of removing a Chief Justice from office.”
The President further felt that going forward with a probe “will violate legally acceptable standards of fairness and weaken the efficacy of the top echelon of the Judiciary.”
