FORMER NPP Greater Accra Regional Chairman and 2nd National Vice Chairman, Sammy Crabbe, has alleged that the same tactics used to remove him and fellow party executives from office were repeated in the removal of former Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, Mrs. Charlotte Osei.
According to Crabbe, fake or ghost names were used in both cases — names that were never verified or appeared before any committee. He pointed to remarks by former NPP General Secretary and presidential hopeful, Kwabena Agyapong, who also claimed ghost names were used in the process that led to the dismissal of himself, Paul Afoko, and Crabbe from party leadership.
Crabbe says out of the 17 names used as petitioners to remove Charlotte Osei and her two deputies — Georgina Opoku-Amankwah and Amadu Sulley (deceased) — 15 were ghost names. These individuals never showed up before the Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo-appointed committee chaired by Justice Anthony Benin.
Only two petitioners appeared, represented by lawyer Maxwell Opoku Agyeman, then an appointee of President Akufo-Addo and chair of the NPP 2024 Manifesto Legal and Governance sub-committee.
He also argued that unlike the recent dismissal of Chief Justice Torkornoo, where petitioners were known, Charlotte Osei never knew or saw 15 of her accusers. She and her lawyer, Thaddeus Sory, were denied access to the original petitions and were blocked from verifying the identities of the petitioners, even though the details of the case and names were made public.
Two Appeal Court judges who sat on the Charlotte Osei case — SK Marfo-Sau and Agnes Dodzie — were later appointed to the Supreme Court.
Crabbe says this sets a worrying precedent, suggesting that politically motivated removals could be masked behind legal procedures without real accountability or transparency.
Source: Nationaltymes.com
