Presidential Spokesman and Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Mr. Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has forcefully dismissed attempts to associate the current administration with the 1982 abduction and murder of three High Court Judges and a military officer.
Speaking at a press briefing at the Jubilee House on Wednesday, Mr. Ofosu described such attempts as “most disingenuous” and entirely without merit. His comments come in response to insinuations made in the context of recent petitions seeking the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, and a preceding press conference by the suspended Chief Justice herself.
Mr. Ofosu emphasised that President John Dramani Mahama and his government had no connection—direct or indirect—to the tragic events of June 30, 1982. He cautioned that drawing parallels between the judicial killings and the current constitutional processes regarding the Chief Justice’s tenure was both misleading and harmful to the integrity of national discourse.
“There is absolutely no nexus between the regrettable events of 1982 and the ongoing petitions,” he stated. “Any effort to link them is most unacceptable. It should not find space in any sincere national conversation.”
The presidential spokesperson reiterated the government’s commitment to upholding due process and the rule of law in the handling of all matters, including those involving the judiciary, while urging the public to resist narratives that seek to politicise or distort Ghana’s painful historical episodes.
