The Appointment Committee of Parliament has described a petition seeking to halt the vetting of Supreme Court nominee Justice Kweku Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo as frivolous, vexatious, worthless, and unmeritorious.
The committee stated that the petition was “baseless in law” and the facts of the petition are a “complete abuse of the process.”
Chairman of the Committee, Bernard Ahiafor, before proceeding to vet Justice Ackaah-Boafo, on Friday, June 20, 2025 said, “We are of the view that all issues raised in the petition have been appropriately dealt with.”
“The Committee, after due consideration and careful reading of the petition and the judgment, came to the conclusion that the allegations contained in the petition that the Judge has insulted and attacked the petitioner are completely unfounded,” he added.
Furthermore, he mentioned a judgment dated June 22, 2023, in the case of Adolf Sievers Ghana Ltd vs Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, where the Court of Appeal delivered a judgment on the issues.
Ahiafor noted, “Having considered the totality of the evidence and the judgments, the Appointments Committee cannot be constituted into a Supreme Court and a Judicial Council to review the judgment of the Court of Appeal and take disciplinary action, respectively.”
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“We are of the view that all issues raised in the petition have been appropriately dealt with,” he reiterated. The petitioner had furnished the Committee with additional documents, which were duly considered.
The Chairman explained, “The Committee realized that it was a petition by the same petitioner alleging corruption against one Charles Idan, Deputy Director of Finance of the Judicial Service, addressed to the Chief Justice on April 26, 2021.
“The Chief Justice investigated the matter and found no wrongdoing against Charles Idan, the Deputy Director of Finance, and accordingly communicated his findings to the petitioner,”
Ahiafor added that, “the additional documents have no nexus to the petition he wrote to the Appointments Committee and have nothing to do with the nominee.
“We, therefore, see no reason why a petition and findings involving Charles Idan, the Deputy Director of Finance, could be admitted and used as evidence against the nominee, His Lordship Justice Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo, since the documents have nothing to do with him.”
“The complaint against the nominee is about the exercise of judicial power in conducting the matter leading to the judgment in issue,” Ahiafor noted.
“The Committee, this morning, June 20, 2025, rules that the petition is frivolous, vexatious, worthless, and unmeritorious. It is baseless in law, and the facts are a complete abuse of process.”
On Wednesday, June 18, the vetting of Justice Kweku Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo was halted following a petition against his vetting.
Earlier, six out of the seven nominated Justices – Senyo Dzamefe, Sir Dennis Dominic Adjei, Gbiel Simon Suurebaareh, Philip Bright Mensah, Janapare Bartels-Kodwo, and Justice Hafisata Amaleboba – had all appeared before the committee.
However, two days after his vetting was rescheduled, Justice Ackaah-Boafo’s vetting was set to proceed on Friday, June 20.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/Murtala Inusah
