The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has requested the Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkonoo to recuse and remove His Lordship Justice Edward Twum from all cases involving the Office pending before him.

"The request is grounded on the OSP’s well-founded belief that Justice Edward Twum appears to be highly prejudiced against the OSP and the person of the Special Prosecutor."

"Consequently, as it stands, the OSP would not and cannot be reasonably expected to be parties to proceedings before the said judge," a post from the OSP on Thursday read.

Lordship Justice Edward Twum

On Wednesday, a court granted a request from Cecilia Dapaah's legal team to reschedule the confirmation hearing for an earlier date, rather than the initially set date of October 18.

However, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) asserted that they could not have Justice Edward Twum preside over the request since they believed he displayed significant bias against the OSP and the Special Prosecutor personally.

In light of these concerns, the OSP has decided that they cannot and should not be reasonably expected to participate in proceedings overseen by the aforementioned judge.