John Debra Sapong Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Justice
John Debra Sapong
Office:Supreme Court Judge
Term Start:15 April 1999
Term End:2 June 2000
Appointer:Jerry John Rawlings
Birth Date:December 1929
Birth Place:Gold Coast
Nationality:Ghanaian

John Debra Sapong (born December 1929) was a Ghanaian judge and barrister. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana from 1999 to 2000.

Biography

Sapong was born December 1929 in the Gold Coast.[1] He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn.[2] He began his judicial career as a District Magistrate in Accra.[3] He later became a Circuit Court judge stationed in Koforidua in the 1970s.[4] He rose through the ranks through the Appeal Court[5] to become a Supreme Court Judge in 1999. He was nominated in 1999 and vetted on 10 March[6] that year together with Josiah Ofori Boateng. He was approved by parliament on 30 March 1999[1] and was sworn in on 15 April 1999.[7] He retired on 2 June 2000.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The man Justice Amua-Sekyi . ghanaweb.com . GhanaWeb . 5 March 2020 . 30 March 1999.
  2. Book: Baildon . W. P. . Walker . J. D. . Roxburgh . Ronald . 2001 . The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn: 1914-1965 . 792. Lincoln's Inn . 9780954061906 .
  3. Ghana Year Book 1966 . 46 . Daily Graphic . 1966 . Ghana Year Book.
  4. Ghana Year Book 1978 . Graphic Corporation . 162 . 1978 . Ghana Year Book.
  5. Ghana Law Reports, Volume 1 . Graphic Corporation . vi . 1997 . Council for Law Reporting . Ghana Law Reports.
  6. Web site: GRi In Parliament 10-03-99 . mlcglobal.com . 5 March 2020.
  7. The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports . vi . 1998 . Advanced Legal Publications . The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports.
  8. The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports . vii . 2000 . Advanced Legal Publications . The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports.