Justice Gertrude Torkornoo was removed as the Chief Justice of Ghana after the 5-member committee set up by President John Dramani Mahama to probe three petitions, presented a report on only one of the three petitions.
The said petition was filed by Daniel Ofori on March 17, 2025. In his petition, Daniel Ofori made 21 allegations of misbehaviour and 4 allegations of incompetence, focusing on Chief Justice Torkornoo’s administrative conduct and duties as head of the judiciary.
But who is Daniel Ofori, who, fearlessly took on the head of the third arm of government, the Judiciary, and actually succeeded in removing her?
Daniel Ofori, according to a profile of him on theheraldghana.com, is a Ghanaian business magnate, investor and philanthropist, who is considered one of the pioneers of the retail superstore revolution of the 1980s and 1990s.
He is the founder of White Chapel Limited, a pioneer apparel retail outlet which spanned the length and breadth of Ghana.
He reportedly set up the company when he was 15 years old and nurtured it to be Ghana’s largest apparel superstore chain.
Daniel Ofori was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) until stepping down to enter into other ventures.
He established Advance Ventures Limited, a structural design and real estate development company, and Dano Engineering, whose products include Dano air conditioners, among others.
He was the Chairman and CEO of Advance Ventures Limited and Dano Engineering before venturing into money and capital markets.
According to billionaires.africa, Daniel Ofori was the wealthiest investor on the Ghana Stock Exchange, and he holds a significant ownership stake of 6.8% in Société Générale Ghana; 48,241,241 shares, making him the largest individual shareholder in the bank as of 2023.
How Daniel Ofori 'met' CJ Torkornoo:
Daniel Ofori, in his petition, cited two of his cases in court that Justice Torkornoo was involved in.
He accused her of transferring a case in which he was a party from one judge in the High Court to another.
He also accused Justice Torkornoo of transferring a case related to the first one to the new judge who took over his case, after a petition had been sent to her to have the two cases heard together.
Justice Torkornoo was also a member of a Supreme Court panel that heard a case of Daniel Ofori in 2020, and she wrote a dissenting opinion, even though he won the case.
Source: GhanaWeb
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