The Parliamentary Appointments Committee has dismissed a petition against Supreme Court nominee, Justice Kweku Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo. Chairman Bernard Ahiafor stated that “the petition is frivolous, vexatious, worthless and unmeritorious, and it is baseless in law and the facts. A complete abuse of the process.”
Ahiafor cited Article 127(3) of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution, which shields judges from legal action over judicial acts. He quoted the constitution, saying: “Article 127(3), of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana says that a justice of the Superior Court or any other person exercising judicial power shall not be liable to any action or suit for any act or omission by him in the exercise of the judicial power.”
The petition, filed by activist Anthony Kwabenya Rau, targeted Justice Ackaah-Boafo’s judicial conduct in a 2019 DVLA case.
