Julius Sarkodee-Addo Explained

Julius Sarkodee-Adoo
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Office:2nd Chief Justice of Ghana
Termstart:1964
Termend:1966
Appointer:Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
Predecessor:Sir Kobina Arku Korsah
Successor:Edward Akufo-Addo
Birth Date:8 September 1908
Death Date:January 1972 (aged 63)
Death Place:Accra
Nationality: Ghanaian

Justice Julius Sarkodee-Adoo (8 September 1908  - January 1972)[1] [2] was the second Chief Justice of Ghana during the First Republic.

He studied law at King's College London, was admitted to Inner Temple in 1928, and was called to the Bar in 1932. He replaced the first native Ghanaian chief justice, Sir Kobina Arku Korsah in 1964.[3] He was removed after the coup d'état of 24 February 1966 by the military National Liberation Council government which was formed after the overthrow of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

Sarkodee-Adoo died in January 1972 at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.

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Notes and References

  1. Ghana Year Book, 1963, "SARKODEE-ADOO, JULIUS: Judge, Supreme Court of Ghana, b. Sept. 8, 1908. Edu: Methodist Primary School. Koforidua, Wesleyan Boys' High School, Freetown, Sierra Leone, and King's College, University of London."
  2. Book: West Africa, Issues 2848–2872. Afrimedia International. 1972. 51.
  3. Web site: List of Chief Justices . 7 April 2007 . Judicial Service of Ghana . https://web.archive.org/web/20070403005954/http://www.judicial.gov.gh/history/list%20of%20judicial%20officials/list%20of%20CJ.htm . 3 April 2007 . dead .