Sammy Gyamfi condemn's Chief Justice's praise of Akufo-Addo

Ghanaian

Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has rebuked Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo for her commendation of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

During the 2024 Africa Conference of the International Association of Women Judges, the Chief Justice hailed President Akufo-Addo as a paragon of the rule of

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In response, Gyamfi dismissed the Chief Justice's remarks as sycophantic, suggesting that such praise should be reserved for party loyalists rather than the head of state.

"President @NAkufoAddo himself will disagree with this contrived testimony coming from the CJ. Sycophantic comments like this should ordinarily be reserved for party footsoldiers. Comic relief I guess," he wrote on X.

President @NAkufoAddo himself will disagree with this contrived testimony coming from the CJ. Sycophantic comments like this should ordinarily be reserved for party footsoldiers. Comic relief I guess.

Living example of what? Apuuu!!! pic.twitter.com/5kkPfKlTFC

— Sammy Gyamfi (@SammyGyamfi_) May 13, 2024