A member of the General Legal Council and a former President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Sam Okudzeto, has demanded the resignation or dismissal of Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, the ruler of the Dormaa Traditional Area, from their position as a High Court judge.

Okudzeto referenced the paramount chief's call for the discontinuation of the criminal case against James Gyakye Quayson, the Member of Parliament-elect for the Assin North Constituency, as the basis for his demand.

During the 10th Atta Mills Anniversary Lecture held over the weekend, the President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, who also serves as a High Court judge, appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame to urgently terminate the trial against James Gyakye Quayson.

He urged the minister to file a nolle prosequi to formally discontinue the case in the interest of the public.

In response to these remarks, Sam Okudzeto expressed his condemnation of Dormaahene in an interview with Joy FM on July 3, 2023. He stated, "It is wrong, it is repugnant, it is senseless for a sitting High Court judge to stand on a public platform and make an utterance of that nature. This is my view."

Furthermore, the former GBA president called for the High Court judge to be dismissed or to resign from their position.

“If I was sitting in that disciplinary committee of the judicial council, I would have asked him to resign or asked him to be sacked as a judge. That’s what I would have done,”myjoyonline.com quoted him to have said in the interview.

Gyakye Quayson is currently facing charges of perjury and four other charges related to his Canadian citizenship status at the time of filing his nomination forms for the 2020 parliamentary election.

Legal proceedings were initiated against Gyakye Quayson following a Supreme Court ruling that deemed the Electoral Commission's decision to allow him to run in the 2020 elections without providing proof of renouncing his Canadian citizenship as unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court instructed Parliament to remove Gyakye Quayson's name from its records, rendering his election null and void. Additionally, his swearing-in was deemed unconstitutional.

Subsequently, a by-election was conducted, in which Gyakye Quayson emerged as the winner. According to the Electoral Commission's announcement, he received a total of 17,245 votes, constituting 57.56% of the total votes cast.

Charles Opoku of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was his closest contender, garnering 12,630 votes, accounting for 42.15% of the votes. Bernice Enyonam Sefenu of the Liberal Party Ghana (LPG) secured 87 votes, representing 0.29% of the overall tally.