Samuel Glenn Baddoo | |
|---|---|
| Supreme Court Judge | |
| In office October 2002 –3 March 2004 | |
| Appointed by | John Kufuor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samuel Glenn Baddoo 3 March 1934 |
| Nationality |  |
| Profession | Judge |
Samuel Glenn Baddoo is a retired Ghanaian Supreme Court Judge. He served on the Supreme Court bench from 2002 to 2004.
Baddoo was born on 3 March 1934.
He was nominated for the office of Supreme Court Judge in July 2002 [1] and was vetted together with Justice Stephen Alan Brobbey on 26 September that same year. [2] [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 Seth Twum by the then president John Agyekum Kufour. [4] He retired on 3 March 2004 at the mandatory retirement age of seventy (70) years. [5]
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