The Presidency has announced that no prima facie case has been established in petitions seeking the removal of the Electoral Commissioner, her deputies, and the Special Prosecutor.
In a statement signed by the spokesperson to the president and dated February 18, 2026, said President John Dramani Mahama had earlier received seven petitions calling for the removal of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Jean Mensa and her Deputies, as well as three separate petitions targeting the Office of the Special Prosecutor.
In line with Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution and Section 15 of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959), the President referred the petitions to the Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, on November 25, 2025, to determine whether they disclosed a prima facie case.
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According to the statement, the Chief Justice, by a letter dated January 26, 2026, informed the President that the petitions do not establish a prima facie case to warrant further investigations into the removal of the Electoral Commissioner, her Deputies or the Special Prosecutor.
