Seth Twum Explained

Seth Twum
Office:Supreme Court Judge
Term Start:November 2002
Term End:20 March 2007
Appointer:John Kufuor
Birth Name:Seth Twum
Birth Date:20 March 1937
Death Date:2022
Nationality:Ghanaian
Alma Mater:Achimota School
Profession:Judge
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Seth Twum is a former Ghanaian Supreme Court Judge. He served on the Supreme Court bench from 2002 to 2007.

Biography

Twum was born on 20 March 1937. He had his secondary education at Achimota School.[1]

He was nominated in July 2002[2] and was vetted in September that same year.[3] A month later, he was approved by parliament[3] and was sworn into office in November that year together with Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, Justice Stephen Alan Brobbey and Justice Samuel Glenn Baddoo by the then president John Agyekum Kufour.[4] He retired on 20 March 2007 at the mandatory retirement age of seventy (70) years.[5]

Twum died in 2022. He was buried on 1 July 2022.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Courts to blame for land disputes – Fmr. ICC Judge . Modern Ghana . 20 February 2020.
  2. Web site: NDC Attacks Kufuor On Supreme Court Nominations . Modern Ghana . 20 February 2020.
  3. Web site: Ghana Now Has 13 Supreme Court Judges . Modern Ghana . 20 February 2020.
  4. Web site: Supreme Court Judges sworn in . Modern Ghana . 20 February 2020.
  5. The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports, Volume 2 . Graphic Corporation . vi . 2007 . The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports.
  6. Web site: Ghana . R. I. P. . Home . 2022-07-04 . R.I.P Ghana . en-US.