A senior Ghanaian legal academic has argued that the circumstances surrounding former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo's resignation from the Council of State were set in motion from the very moment she was selected for the body — a choice he says bypassed a more senior and constitutionally appropriate candidate. Kwaku Ansa-Asare, Dean of the Faculty of Laws at Mountcrest University College and former Director of the Ghana School of Law, made the remarks on Newsfile on Saturday, days after President John Dramani Mahama formally accepted Akuffo's resignation. The Presidential Spokesperson and Minister of State for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, confirmed on June 15, 2026, that Akuffo had submitted a resignation letter in September 2025 and had not attended any Council of State meetings since then.