Sory (R) claims Afenyo-Markin (R) was against the removal of ex-CJ Torkornoo because of his interest

Private legal practitioner Thaddeus Sory has alleged that Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin had a “huge” commercial contract with the Judicial Service and is therefore fighting to prevent the removal of former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo from office.

According to Mr Sory, the Minority Leader’s opposition to the removal of the former Chief Justice was not solely based on what he presented as the position of the parliamentary Minority Caucus.

Speaking during an interview on the KSM Show, aired on August 19, 2026, Mr Sory claimed that Mr Afenyo-Markin had a personal financial interest in maintaining the former Chief Justice in office.

He alleged that the Minority Leader had been providing services to the Judicial Service through a contract from which he was making significant commercial gains.

“There is now information coming out that there are services being rendered in the Judicial Service which are linked to Afenyo-Markin. He is rendering those services and getting commercial profits from them — huge ones,” Mr Sory alleged.

‘It has nothing to do with a Minority position’

Mr Sory argued that the alleged business relationship provided an explanation for what he described as Mr Afenyo-Markin’s strong opposition to the process that led to the removal of the former Chief Justice.

He questioned the Minority Leader’s presentation of the matter as one involving a collective position of the parliamentary caucus.

According to Mr Sory, the issue was instead driven by what he described as a personal interest.

“At this point in time, when Afenyo-Markin is making it look like, okay, there’s a national public interest aspect of all of this nomination process, and there’s some dispute and all of that. It has nothing to do with a minority position,” he said.

‘He sold it to his colleagues’

Mr Sory further alleged that Mr Afenyo-Markin had presented his position to members of the Minority Caucus as though he was acting collectively in their interest.

He claimed, however, that the Minority Leader’s position was motivated by his alleged personal relationship with the Judicial Service.

“He sold it out to his colleagues to believe that, well, we all have to take a collective position against this, but it is a personal interest,” Mr Sory alleged.

He maintained that the alleged commercial connection explained why Mr Afenyo-Markin had been particularly vocal about the matter.

‘He has an interest in the woman being there’

Mr Sory said the alleged financial interest was the reason, in his view, Mr Afenyo-Markin had been more outspoken than other members of the Minority on the matter.

He claimed that once the alleged connection between the Minority Leader and the Judicial Service became known, it raised questions about the motivation behind his position.

“So the fact that we have shown that you have an interest in her being there, and so he’s crying louder than every other person because he has an interest in the woman being there,” he said.

Allegation yet to be independently established

The claims made by Mr Sory are allegations and have not, in the material provided, been independently established.

Mr Sory did not provide details of the alleged contract, including its value, the specific services allegedly provided, when the contract was awarded or the terms under which it was executed.

Mr Afenyo-Markin’s response to the allegation would therefore be important in establishing the full picture.

The allegation comes amid a wider political and legal debate over the former Chief Justice and the processes surrounding her removal from office.