Her ladyship the Chief Justice of Ghana Georgina Wood
Her ladyship the Chief Justice of Ghana, Mrs Georgina Wood is in the process of establishing a prime facie case against Justices and Magistrates alleged to have misconducted themselves in bribery scandal exposed in a video captured by, Tigereyepi, a Private Investigation Agency in Ghana.Out of 12 who are in active service, eight have up to Tuesday September 22, 2015 to furnish the chief justice with their response.
This was in a statement issued in Accra and copied to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, (GBC).
The statement which was signed by the Judicial Secretary, His Lordship Justice Alex Opoku-Achempong said 15 people in the list submitted to the Judicial Service by Tiger Eye PI, are not staff of the judicial service.
Meanwhile, the Disciplinary Committee of the Judicial Council, set to investigate allegations of bribery and extortion against the High Court judges and magistrates has suspended sitting until further notice.
The suspension follows a suit challenging the legality or otherwise of the procedure adopted by the committee to investigate the matter.
The 14 judges are being investigated alongside eight others for allegedly receiving various sums of money to free accused persons charged with different crimes.
The High Court Judges and Magistrates were said to have been caught on video either extorting money, receiving bribe or engaging in sex.
One of the accused judges, Mr Justice Paul Uuter Dery has since filed multiple suits all seeking to stop Anas from screening the video.
The Attached Above is the Full Statement from the Judicial Secretary, His Lordship Justice Alex Opoku-Achempong.
