National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, has urged Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie to decline any appointment as Acting Chief Justice.
He stated that the petitions calling for the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo are baseless, adding that no one deserves to be treated in such a manner.
In an interview on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, Nana B suggested that Justice Baffoe-Bonnie should not support a deliberate and politically motivated attempt to oust Justice Torkornoo.
“Before Mahama even became President, he preempted the removal of the Chief Justice, and that is why these frivolous petitions are being entertained. If I were Justice Baffoe-Bonnie, I wouldn’t have even accepted the role as Acting Chief Justice because I’m not sure he would be happy if he suffered a similar fate,” he stated.
Nana B further expressed deep concerns over what he described as the silence of the Judicial Service on the matter.
In the wake of Chief Justice Torkornoo’s suspension, widespread reports suggest that Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie is likely to step in as Acting Chief Justice.
Called to the Bar in 1981, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie is the most senior among the nine remaining justices of the Supreme Court.
He worked as a Circuit Court Judge in Kumasi and served as a High Court Judge at Duayaw Nkwanta in the Bono Region.
Before his appointment as a Supreme Court Judge by former President of Ghana John Kufuor in June 2008, he served as an Appeals Court judge.
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