Petitions Calling For Removal Of EC Bosses, Special Prosecutor Rejected 

Seven petitions calling for the removal of Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa and her two deputies and another three petitions calling for the removal of Kissi Agyebeng as the Special Prosecutor have, been rejected.

This follows a finding by the Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie that no prima facie case has been made against the respondents.

The decision was contained in a statement issued by the Presidency communicating the outcome of the President forwarding the petitions to the Chief Justice in accordance with Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution.

“Following the receipt of seven (7) petitions from various individuals and groups for the removal of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission and her Deputies and three (3) petitions for the removal of the Special Prosecutor, President John Dramani Mahama, in accordance with Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution and Section 15 of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017, (Act 959), referred same to His Lordship, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, Chief Justice, on 25th November 2025, to determine whether the petitions disclose a prima facie case,” the statement said.

It added that “By a letter dated 26th January 2026, the Chief Justice informed His Excellency the President that no prima facie case has been established by the petitions to warrant any further investigations for the removal of the Electoral Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners and the Special Prosecutor.”