Godfred Yeboah Dame has issued a strongly worded rebuttal to legal practitioner Thaddeus Sory, dismissing recent claims made against him and reigniting a simmering feud that has caught the attention of Ghana’s legal community.
The former Attorney-General challenged Sory’s assertions about his performance in office, specifically allegations that he has never acknowledged legal defeats during his tenure as Attorney-General in a direct and pointed response shared on social media.
“Examples are the decisions of the Supreme Court in Ghana Centre for Democratic Development & 8 others vrs. The Attorney-General (the removal of former Auditor-General, Mr. Dormelovo from office), Appiagyei Atuah vrs.
“The Attorney-General (the Imposition of Restrictions in Covid-19 case) and Ezuame Mannan vrs. the Attorney-General and the Speaker of Parliament (the Narcotics Control Commission Law case),” Dame recounted.
He emphasized that many of these defeats were delivered unanimously by the Supreme Court. “I will add to my losses the controversial 2-1 majority decision of the Court of Appeal in Republic vrs. Cassiel Ato Forson & 2 Others, whose correctness the current Attorney-General prevented the Supreme Court from assessing, by swiftly filing a notice of withdrawal when the NDC assumed power in January, 2025,” he added.
Responding to the perception that he has never lost a case, Dame stated, “I note that in life, when one enjoys tremendous success in a field of endeavour or an office, there is the tendency to assume that one experienced no failure on any occasion. You and the NDC may thus be forgiven to think that I ‘never lost a case as Attorney-General.’”
Dame also addressed Sory’s insinuation about his professional growth. “You state at paragraph 23 of your write-up that you ‘once asked: how did your [referring to me] legal acumen suddenly improve just because you became Attorney-General?’ Oh Thaddeus! Doth ye have such short memory?” Dame asked.
Recalling an old legal battle between them, Dame said, “Have you forgotten that in the only full trial of a case you and I happened to be on opposing sides between 2007 and 2009 when you were at Dery & Co., you lost miserably (potoo, as we say in Ghanaian parlance) when judgment was delivered by Ofosu-Quartey J. in May, 2009?” He added that Sory’s subsequent appeal in 2013 also failed, long before Dame assumed his current role.
Capping off his retort, Dame remarked, “A person who cursorily reads your write-up will be permitted to infer that you suffer pan.”
