Distinguished private legal practitioner, Thaddeus Sory, has fired back at Ghana’s former Attorney General, labelling his recent public complaints as hypocritical, self-serving, and devoid of principle.
In a strongly worded piece titled “The Incongruous Cry Baby Again,” the legal practitioner condemned the ex-AG’s comments on a popular media programme, where he questioned the neutrality of lawyers involved in proceedings regarding the suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo.
“This will be direct and straightforward – no allegoric narrations. This is because the Cry Baby needs another knock, and each time he refuses to heed the lesson from the previous knock, the next knock must be harder”
Thaddeus Sory, Private Legal Practitioner
The former Attorney General had lamented what he saw as political bias.
“If there is any group of people who have politicized this process it is the NDC government. Look at the band of lawyers representing the petitioners.
“Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, Mr. Thaddeus Sory, a lawyer who has gone on record as representing all NDC figures in the past 8 years, and who is very much associated with the NDC, Oliver Barker-Vormawor a young man who worked with President Mahama in his office”
Former Attorney General
Sory dismissed the accusation as deeply ironic, given the former Attorney General’s own participation in multiple related proceedings and his history of being surrounded by partisan legal actors while in public office.
“In just about a month you… Mr. Cry baby, have personally appeared in two of the four suits directly involving proceedings for the Chief Justice’s removal,” he wrote, emphasizing that the former official’s outrage was insincere.
He added that the former Attorney General’s appointment under former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, first as Deputy and then as Attorney General, was itself “incongruous,” and symbolic of his politicized presence in the judiciary.
Sory listed his own diverse legal record to counter accusations of NDC partisanship, citing examples of representing NPP figures and non-political actors.
“Mr. Ambrose Dery, your colleague Minister, was my pupil master. Together, we defended Mallam Yusuf Isa, who was appointed by President Kufuor. I shared a night at the Police Headquarters with Hon. O.B. Amoah, an NPP stalwart”
Thaddeus Sory, Private Legal Practitioner
Other cases included defending accused persons in the Issa Mobila criminal trial, assisting in the Ghana @ 50 prosecutions, and representing Kwaku Kwarteng in a matter perceived as anti-NDC. “None of the cases I have cited involve the NDC, yet here you are, painting me with a partisan brush,” Sory asserted. “I am a professional, bound by Rule 65 of our legal ethics to represent anyone who retains me, subject only to certain exceptions.”
Sory also attacked the former Attorney General’s self-description as a defender of judicial independence. He cited the former AG’s benefits from numerous unanimous Supreme Court rulings during his tenure, many of which were controversial and politically sensitive. “You were routinely excused for legal oversights that, in earlier years, would have drawn scathing rebuke from the Supreme Court.”
He rejected the idea that the former AG was acting out of principle, but instead described it as a blatant effort at self-preservation. Sory further cited observations by the media that the former Attorney General had appeared before the suspended Chief Justice under questionable circumstances.
“If all men in Ghana behaved like you, where would the good men be to be fighting a blasphemous cause you have the temerity to call “righteous and what is right?”
“How can a Minister for Justice defend a Supreme Court ruling where an ex parte order was granted within two hours of filing, without hearing the other party? Or communicate directly with an accused person behind the back of their counsel? Or coach an accused person to implicate a co-accused?”
Thaddeus Sory, Private Legal Practitioner
He also took issue with recent legal actions filed by the former Attorney General, including a second injunction in the Assafuah proxy case, despite the initial one being dismissed. Sory accused him of contributing to the erosion of public confidence in the judiciary, stating:
“There is no Attorney-General who has contributed more to the low rating of the judiciary than you.”
He noted that the former AG had never lost a case during his tenure and questioned how that level of success was possible without systemic compromise.
“Stop the tantrums. The next ‘knock’ may not be a gentle tap. It will land like a sledgehammer, in a hard cast like manner – Don’t be silly,” Sory warned, in one of the most forceful moments in the letter.
His response ended with a scathing reminder that self-righteousness is no substitute for integrity, and that legal professionals must not abuse their public platform for personal redemption.
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