The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has requested that Justice Edward Twum be removed from the Cecilia Dapaah case; however, Chief Justice of Ghana, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, has rejected this request.

The OSP had petitioned to have Justice Twum removed from all cases involving Cecilia Dapaah because they claimed he had shown bias against them. The Chief Justice, however, rejected the petition.

The OSP revealed that in a post on X, the former Twitter, “by a letter dated 25 October 2023, the Judicial Secretary informed The Special Prosecutor that, the Chief Justice is unable to accede to the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s (OSP) request for his lordship Justice Edward Twum to be recused and removed from all cases involving the OSP pending before him.”

The OSP made the request because they thought Justice Edward Twum seemed to have strong biases against both the OSP and the Special Prosecutor.

Attorneys for Ms. Dapaah pushed for a hearing on the OSP's motion to confirm the freezing and seizure order at the most recent postponed date.

They hinted that OSP had withdrawn its request to the Chief Justice to have the judge saved and removed, based on what they had heard in the media.

Justice Twum informed the court that he had received instructions to proceed with the cases as the OSP had withdrawn its previous request. However, the Prosecutors from the OSP contested this claim, asserting that their request had not been officially withdrawn.

Additionally, the Prosecutors revealed to the court that they had filed a certiorari application and a stay of proceedings in response to the judge's decision not to consider a supplementary affidavit from the OSP, which presented new facts and evidence.

Consequently, the court decided to adjourn all cases involving Ms. Dapaah under the jurisdiction of the OSP indefinitely, awaiting further instructions from the Chief Justice.