President John Mahama has nominated Supreme Court Judge Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie as Ghana’s new Chief Justice.
The appointment, however, is subject to parliamentary approval in line with Article 144(1) of the 1992 Constitution.
The nomination was confirmed in a letter signed by the Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu.
Justice Baffoe-Bonnie has been serving as Acting Chief Justice since April 2025, following the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo. He is the most senior of the nine Supreme Court justices.
About Justice Baffoe-Bonnie
Paul Kwadwo Baffoe-Bonnie was called to the Bar in 1981. He served as a Circuit Court Judge in Kumasi and a High Court Judge at Duayaw Nkwanta in the Bono region.
Before his Supreme Court appointment by former President John Kufuor in June 2008, he served as an Appeals Court judge.
Justice Baffoe-Bonnie was part of the Supreme Court panel that dismissed the New Patriotic Party’s 2012 petition seeking the annulment of about four million votes alleged to have been tampered with during the Ghanaian general election.
Read the full statement below:
Source: Adomonline
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