Attorney-General and former Deputy Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has issued a strongly worded response to senior legal practitioner Thaddeus Sory, following Sory’s blistering public critique in a piece titled “The Incongruous Cry Baby Again…”
In that piece, Sory launched an unrestrained attack on Dame, accusing him of hypocrisy, political bias, and a pattern of exploiting the judiciary while crying foul when out of favour. Sory dismissed Dame’s claims of judicial objectivity, citing cases he believes were politically tainted, and challenged Dame’s moral authority to defend the judiciary.
According to Sory, Dame has benefitted from judicial decisions that appeared skewed in his favour and now, “crying incongruously,” seeks to portray himself as a defender of judicial integrity. Sory further questioned Dame’s rise to the office of Attorney-General, describing it as an incongruous elevation and painting him as deeply partisan in both conduct and legal alignments.
Read Sory’s claims Here: https://x.com/TheHighStreetJ/status/1926036230925406651?s=08
In his rebuttal dated May 24, 2025, Dame rejected Sory’s claims as “mischievous” and “falsehoods” crafted to feed partisan narratives. “I have always ignored the write-ups you have produced about me,” Dame wrote, “but for the first time… I am compelled to correct a few things.”
He denied claims that he touted an undefeated record as Attorney-General, pointing to public acknowledgments of defeats in high-profile cases, including during Bar Conferences in 2023 and 2024. Dame cited several examples, including the Dormelevo removal case and the COVID-19 restrictions challenge, as instances where the state lost, which he argued prove the judiciary’s independence.
Taking issue with Sory’s suggestion that his legal prowess only appeared after becoming Attorney-General, Dame reminded him of a past case between 2007 and 2009 in which Sory’s clients, he says, “lost miserably” to him both at trial and on appeal. “Was I Attorney-General then?” he asked pointedly.
Dame also defended his record on international legal matters, noting that during his tenure, the state won all international arbitration cases led by his office without foreign counsel, saving Ghana billions.
Addressing allegations of political bias in client representation, Dame noted Sory’s current legal roles for high-profile political figures, including the Speaker of Parliament and an individual involved in litigation indirectly linked to the Chief Justice, as raising legitimate questions about motivations behind legal action to remove the CJ.
He closed his letter with a jab: “As they say, when Godfred Dame coughs, the whole NDC catches a cold,” and vowed not to respond further, even as he anticipated more personal attacks from Sory.
Read Dame’s Response Here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Am2kZc9FV/
