Francis Kpegah Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Justice
Francis Yaonasu Kpegah
Office:Supreme Court Judge
Term Start:6 January 1993
Term End:2008
Appointer:Jerry Rawlings
Nationality:Ghanaian

Francis Yaonasu Kpegah is a retired Ghanaian judge who was on the Supreme Court of Ghana between 1993 and 2008. He was appointed to the Supreme Court on 6 January 1993.[1] He acted as the Chief Justice of Ghana following the death of George Kingsley Acquah on 25 March 2007[2] until the appointment of Georgina Theodora Wood on 15 June 2007 as the new Chief Justice.[3]

In 2013, he caused a lot of excitement in Ghana when he sued Nana Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for impersonation.[4] His suit sought the High Court to declare that Nana Akufo-Addo was never called to the Ghana Bar and that his private law firm was thus also illegal.[5] This upset many in the NPP including the former President John Kufuor.[6] He was also subjected to various attacks through the media[7] to which he responded that he would like Nana Akufo-Addo to go through the court process in answering back.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kpegah Acts As Chief Justice. News. ModernGhana.com. 27 March 2013. 28 March 2007.
  2. Web site: DEATH OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF GHANA. Official Service. Judicial Service of Ghana. 27 March 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120206183521/http://www.judicial.gov.gh/news/death%20of%20cj.htm. 6 February 2012.
  3. Web site: Kpegah urges new Chief Justice to unite judges. General news. Ghana Home Page. 27 March 2013. 15 June 2007.
  4. Web site: Akufo-Addo sued for impersonation. General news. Ghana Home Page. 27 March 2013. 19 March 2013.
  5. Web site: Justice Kpegah sues Akufo-Addo for impersonation. News. Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. 27 March 2013.
  6. Web site: Kufuor hits back at Kpegah over Akufo-Addo. General news. Ghana Home Page. 27 March 2013.
  7. Web site: I won't quit bungalow – Kpegah fires back. General news. Ghana Home Page. 27 March 2013.
  8. Web site: Akufo-Addo should come face me in court - Justice Kpegah. General news. Ghana Home Page. 27 March 2013.