The Chairman of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Bernard Ahiafor, has firmly rejected a petition lodged against Supreme Court nominee Justice Kwaku Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo, labelling it as groundless and without legal merit.
Justice Ackaah-Boafo faced a brief delay in his vetting process on Friday, June 20, 2025, following a petition submitted by Anthony Kwabenya Rau. The complainant accused the nominee of insulting him in court, claiming the judge had referred to him as “arrogant” and “power drunk”—allegations the nominee has strongly denied.
Addressing the matter during the vetting session, Mr. Ahiafor stated that the Committee had thoroughly examined both the petition and the related Court of Appeal ruling. He declared the claims entirely unsupported.
“The allegations that the judge attacked or insulted the petitioner are completely unfounded,” Ahiafor emphasized.
He further clarified that the case cited by the petitioner—Adolf Xavier Ghana Limited v. DVLA—was already subjected to the proper judicial process and did not warrant a parliamentary review.
Additional documents submitted by the petitioner were also dismissed after it was revealed they pertained to a separate corruption allegation involving another judge, Charles Idan, and bore no relevance to Ackaah-Boafo.
Calling the complaint “frivolous, vexatious, worthless, and unmeritorious,” Ahiafor concluded that the petition constituted a “complete abuse of the process.”
“This is not a matter for Parliament to retry. The Committee cannot override the judgment of the Court of Appeal or take the place of the Judicial Council,” he said.
Justice Ackaah-Boafo is the final nominee among seven Court of Appeal judges recommended by President John Dramani Mahama for elevation to the Supreme Court.
Source: Lawsonmedia
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