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Adu Lodge Venue Is Not Intimidating, It’s a Public Facility.—Kwakye Ofosu

Minister of Government Communication, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has dismissed claims by suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo that the selection of Adu Lodge for her hearing was an act of intimidation by the government.

Addressing the media shortly after the Chief Justice’s press conference on Wednesday, June 25, Kwakye Ofosu described her allegations as unfounded and an unfair attempt to create fear around a legitimate process.

“It is completely misplaced to suggest that the venue was chosen to intimidate anyone,” he said. “The impression that a facility in the vicinity of the Osu Castle necessarily makes it intimidating or foreboding is unfair. It is not justifiable.”

According to Kwakye Ofosu, the Adu Lodge, situated near the Osu Castle, is a state-owned facility that is often used to accommodate visiting high-level officials. He emphasised that it is a public place, open to official government business and surrounded by private homes where ordinary Ghanaians live freely.

“The Osu Castle is a public place. You can go there to conduct official government business. Beside it are private residences owned by Ghanaians who move freely in and out,” he explained.

He firmly rejected attempts to link the venue to Ghana’s dark judicial history, especially the 1982 killings of Supreme Court judges and a military officer.

“The attempts to link the dastardly killings of some Supreme Court judges and a military officer to this case are most disingenuous,” Kwakye Ofosu said. “These governments, Empress Yamama, have nothing to do with the killing of any judge. Second, there’s absolutely no nexus between the petitions that have been brought and that unfortunate incident in our past.”

He stressed, “Any effort to link the two is regrettable and should not find space in this sort of discourse. It is most undesirable, it is most unacceptable.”

Kwakye Ofosu further clarified that the government had no hand in choosing the venue. “The decision to use that place was not that of the government or President Mahama,” he noted. “The committee requested a facility that could meet the standard they needed for the proceedings, and the state only made Adu Lodge available upon their request.”

He also reminded the public that the hearings, as required by Article 146(8) of the 1992 Constitution, are held in camera regardless of location. “It doesn’t matter where it is held. The proceedings would still be private in compliance with the Constitution,” he said.

Addressing concerns about security presence at the venue, Kwakye Ofosu explained that any security measures were purely to safeguard the process. “Any security measure put in place is only intended to secure the place so that persons who are not authorised to be part of the proceedings do not come there and create any inconvenience,” he said.

He concluded by urging the public to focus on the constitutional process and not be distracted by baseless claims of intimidation.

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