Paul Baffoe-Bonnie

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Paul Baffoe-Bonnie
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
Assumed office
11 June 2008
Relatives Kwasi Sainti Baffoe-Bonnie (brother)
Alma mater Konongo Odumase Secondary School
University of Ghana
ProfessionJudge

Paul Kwadwo Baffoe-Bonnie (born 26 December 1956) is a Ghanaian Supreme Court Judge.

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Early life and education

Baffoe-Bonnie was born on 26 December 1956. [1] His primary school education was at the Goaso Local Authority primary and middle schools, completing his Middle School Leaving Certificate examinations in the late 1960s. He attended Konongo Odumase Secondary School where he obtained his GCE Ordinary Level and GCE Advanced Level certificates from 1969 to 1976. He then attended the University of Ghana and later the Ghana Law School. [2]

In law school, he was room-mates with NPP politician, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie and very good friends with current Chief Justice of Ghana, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, he referred to the three of them forming ''a trio of village law students''. [3]

Career

Baffoe-Bonnie was called to the Bar in Ghana in 1983. [4] He worked as a Circuit Court Judge at Kumasi. He served as High Court Judge at Duayaw Nkwanta. He was appointed an Appeals Court judge in 2006. [5] He was appointed a Supreme Court Judge by the President of Ghana John Kufuor in June 2008. [6]

Election petition

In 2013, Baffoe-Bonnie was on the panel of Supreme Court Judges who ruled against a petition brought before it where the New Patriotic Party asked for about four million votes to be scrapped for alleged tampering in the 2012 Ghanaian general election. [7] [8]

Personal life

Baffoe-Bonnie's parents are Opanyin Baffoe-Bonnie from Sewua in the Bosomtwe district and Ama Kyerewaa from Breman in Kumasi. [2]

Paul Baffoe-Bonnie and his wife have a daughter who qualified as a medical doctor in 2013. Her graduation ceremony reports were tainted by the fallout of the Election petition results earlier in 2013. [9] Kwasi Sainti Baffoe-Bonnie, who owned Network Broadcasting Company Limited which run Radio Gold FM in Ghana, was his brother. [10]

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  2. 1 2 "The real Paul Kwadwo Baffoe-Bonnie". Ghana News Media. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Supreme Court judge Baffoe-Bonnie pays tribute to Sir John". GhanaWeb. 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  4. ↑ "Debates of 3 June 2008". Odekro. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Administer justice with clear conscience - Kufuor". GhanaWeb. 22 November 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Four new Supreme Court Judges Sworn In". GhanaWeb. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Ghana's Supreme Court upholds election result". DW Akademie. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Ghana Supreme Court upholds John Mahama's win". British Broadcasting Corporation. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Baffoe-Bonnie Family Exposes NPP & Daily Guide". The Herald Ghana. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "Kwasi Sainti Baffoe-Bonnie". Reporters without Frontiers. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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