The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei and her two deputies, are currently facing a five-member Judicial Committee set up by the Chief Justice over an impeachment petition filed against the EC bosses.
The five-member committee was set up by Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo, to investigate the alleged acts of corruption involving the Electoral Commission Chair, and her two Deputies, Amadu Sulley in charge of Operations and Georgina Amankwa in charge of Corporate Services.
Some staff of the EC petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in July 2017, to remove Mrs Osei from office over allegations of fraud and financial malfeasance as well as abuse of office.
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Some of the allegations involved the unilateral award of contracts by the EC boss in the run-up to the 2016 general election.
The petition against her, alleged among others the funnelling of GH¢3.9 million to partition an office, the receipt of a Toyota Land Cruiser from the Mahama government, and the use of about $14 million when the Public Procurement Authority had authorized her to use only $7.5 million.
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Mrs Osei also responded by making allegations of corruption against her deputies, claiming that she was only being hounded because she sought to introduce systems to curb misuse and mismanagement of resources.
Charlotte Osei among others, accused her deputies of illegally signing contracts worth over GHC 40 million without her approval.