The Devil is not a Serpent, nor does it have Horns and Tail or Special Raiment for easy Identification

A scientist I have admired, and upon learning how his humble beginning could translate into breaking through the odds as a barrier for his groundbreaking discovery, is Michael Faraday. A bookbinder at age 14 who never had any formal education and reportedly tutored himself is awesome, and it is heartwarming to have him as the brain behind electrochemistry and electromagnetism. This is unbelievably believable! My reflection on this local adage, "It's one's good deeds we imitate and not the bad," furnishes me this unlimited oxygen any time I mean to examine my life against the giant mentor, Faraday! The prevailing situation then, which coerced Faraday into nimble academic works, and his uncommon circumstance in such spheres are what he's known for today. 

I love anthropology, and my circumstance in learning it certainly is a mismatch to Faraday's, but the self-tuition is common. My inner thrust expressing this affection in this field is something that was borne by this continuum of illuminating rage I have had for the unanswered question, "Is the Black man too human?" Simply an indictment of my race with that question! But to answer this has been a reaction in a rocket cylinder pushing me to self-study anthropology, for which I have no glimpse of how long it will take and what degree I may graduate with upon a successful completion.

The article is not about the rise of Faraday through the needle’s eye but about what lessons we learn or how subservient we are to history in writing our own unique individual stories of emulation for posterity. Fast forward, my literature study holds that the bane of the Black man is sheer greed and hypocrisy. The whole day I've been baffled with answers to the question, "Is selectivity in any form or shape considered hypocrisy? Shockingly or unshockingly, the revelations were mixed without any clear delineation but hybridised. Nonetheless, cultural anthropology may hold the strong view that grandstanding or inconsistency or double standardness and unfair treatment or deception amount to hypocrisy, though under controversially justifiable grounds, prioritising, setting boundaries, and making informed decisions are positive in some contexts.

I am coming to the character of the former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo. Some time past during the erstwhile regime of DDEP, which was harshly and cruelly brought onto bondholders, she claimed to have been gagged in her office, and after her retirement, she feels the bridle is off her. By implication, her administration of the judiciary was ultimately jettisoned fraudulently by constitutional manipulations of due processes in upholding justice delivery under Nana Akufo Addo's tyrannical leadership. To be taken seriously, her foofaraw outburst questioning the bridges of due processes in Gertrude Asaba Torkorno's removal from office as CJ should have begun with a condemnation of her own office before gaining any moral ground to condemn the most recent process. I will join any decent voice, like Solomon Owusu, a staunch member of the Movement for Change, in petitioning the President of the Republic of Ghana for her immediate removal as a member of the Council of State heading the legal committee. She is completely unfit to be a member of the council of state, let alone to lead the legal committee, with her character exemplifying double standardness, grandstanding, and dishonesty, to mention a few.

I have always questioned Umuofia's growth and development, which I believe has been severely hampered by the indelible greed and hypocrisy of some of us, such as Sophia Akuffo. What moral justification does she have for questioning the due process that was followed in removing Torkono as Chief Justice? If you can recall, the wives of the former president and vice president were paid money by their husbands and wanted to formalise it through a constitutional document. This was a clear violation of the constitution, but who dares to petition the husband-payers who serve as president and vice president for the land? Without the court of public opinion outcry, Nana Akuffo Addo's wife would not have been forced to refund the false payments of her portion, and paying spouses of sitting presidents and vice presidents would be a law today. 

Again, as a CJ, what role did Sophia Akuffo play in upholding justice through constitutional governance, given that she took an oath to do so? The courtroom proceedings led by Sophia Akuffo and her sister Gertrude Asaba Torkorno should be unhesitatingly re-examined for anew conclusions due to the outlandish and questionable nature of their involvement in the administration of justice in Ghana during their era.