Chief Justice Dismisses Petition Seeking Removal of Justice Pwamang

A petition calling for the removal of Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang will not proceed further, after the Chief Justice concluded that it did not establish a prima facie case, the Office of the President has announced.

The petition was brought by investigative journalist Edward Adeti. According to Graphic Online, the preliminary inquiry was conducted by Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie.

The outcome was announced in a statement dated Tuesday, 10 November 2026, signed by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Spokesperson to the President and Minister for Government Communications.

The statement said that, after the inquiry, the Chief Justice found that "no prima facie case has been established to warrant further investigation", in line with Article 146(3) of the 1992 Constitution. That provision governs the initial assessment of petitions seeking the removal of superior court judges.

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The Presidency said that, because the constitutional threshold for starting further proceedings had not been met, no additional action was needed on the petition. "The matter is accordingly considered closed," the statement said.

Graphic Online reported that the Presidency also assured the public that the case had been dealt with according to the relevant constitutional procedures and the principles of due process.

Mr Adeti had petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to remove Justice Pwamang from the Supreme Court bench. As first reported by Citi News, the five-page petition was submitted on 26 October 2026 through the Chief of Staff at the Jubilee House, Julius Debrah, under Article 146, which permits the removal of judges for stated misbehaviour.

The complaint arose from events in the Upper East Region in 2023. According to Citi News, it concerned a contempt conviction handed down at the Bolgatanga High Court 2 on 10 March 2023 against Naab Nyakora Mantii, the Divisional Chief of Baare, and Richard Sunday Yinbil, Secretary to the Paramount Chief of Talensi, Tongraan Kugbilsong Nanlebegtang.

Mr Adeti alleged that Justice Pwamang led a Judicial Council delegation to the Tongraan's palace at Tongo on 26 June 2023, during which a bull was allegedly presented as a gift. Citi News reported that the petition alleged the judge was involved in handling the gift and later chaired a Supreme Court panel which, on 7 July 2026, quashed the contempt conviction.

According to Graphic Online, the petition argued that accepting the bull amounted to a breach of the judicial code on gifts, and said the judge should have stepped aside from the later appeal involving subjects of the traditional authority.

With the Chief Justice's determination, the allegations will not be taken to a further stage of investigation under the constitutional process.