Justice Nasiru Sulemana Gbadegbe | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana | |
| In office 2009–2020 | |
| Appointed by | John Atta Mills |
| Appeal Court Judge | |
| In office 1999–2009 | |
| Nominated by | Jerry John Rawlings |
| High Court Judge | |
| In office 1989–1999 | |
| President | Jerry John Rawlings |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 December 1950 Ghana |
| Nationality |  Ghanaian |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Judge |
Nasiru Sulemana Gbadegbe is a Ghanaian lawyer and judge. He was a justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana between 2009 and 2020.
Gbadegbe hails from the Volta Region of Ghana. He was born on 8 December 1950. [1] He obtained his bachelor of laws (LLB) degree in 1973 from the University of Ghana and subsequently received his qualifying Certificate in Law from the Ghana School of Law in 1975. [1]
Prior to Gbadegbe's appointment to the Supreme Court of Ghana in 2009,he had served on the Ghaanaian bench for twenty (20) years. [1] He was appointed Justice of the High Court in 1989 and served in that capacity for a decade. [1] In 1999,he was elevated to the Court of Appeal and he remained in that post until 2009 when he was appointed justice of the Supreme Court. [1]
Gbadegbe was nominated in 2009 by then president of Ghana,John Evans Atta Mills. He was vetted on Monday 12 October 2009 [2] and approved unanimously by parliament on 30 October that same year. [1] He was sworn into office by the then president on 2 November 2009. [3]
Gbadegbe retired in December 2020 from the Supreme Court after giving his valedictory judgement after thirty one years service in the judiciary. [4] [5]
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