Alfred Kwabena Asiedu, the former Jasikan Circuit Court judge dismissed over alleged misconduct, has initiated legal action against the Judicial Service following his removal by Chief Justice Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.
Asiedu, previously refuting the accusations as products of the petitioner’s fanciful imagination, is now seeking the court’s intervention to declare his ousting as ‘unlawful.’
Among the reliefs he seeks are: ” “A declaration that the removal of the Applicant from office as a Circuit Court judge as contained in the letter signed by the 2nd Respondent dated I3th November 2023 is unlawful.”
“A declaration that both the Disciplinary Committee and the Judicial Council acted ultra vires when they made a finding of malicious prosecution against the Applicant, and a declaration that the said findings of the two bodies are patent error of law on the face of record and same liable to be quashed by the supervisory powers of this Court.”
Background
One Singari Diana Sadia petitioned the Chief Justice on January 16, accusing the judge of abuse of power, sexual exploitation, malicious prosecution, and impropriety.
The petition was then transferred to the disciplinary committee of the Judiciary Service, which investigated and recommended that the misbehaviour of the judge merited dismissal.
A letter from the Chief Justice, therefore, directed the judge to hand over all official properties in his possession, including his official vehicle, dockets, and record books, to the Judicial Secretary.
