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Judges, lawyers, litigants mourn
mourns late Chief Justice Acquah
Ho, March 26, GNA- Judges, Magistrates Lawyers and litigants
in Ho on Monday organized a short memorial service in
mourning of the late Chief Justice, Justice George Kingsley
Acquah.
They prayed and observed a minute's silence for the blissful
repose of the soul of the departed Chief Justice.
Cases slated for adjudication for the day were subsequently
adjourned for two weeks, while Judicial service staff went
about their normal duties with red band hanging on the main
gate to the Court premises.
Mr. Victor Tenu, Volta Regional Registrar of the Judicial
Service, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency said
lawyers and judges who reported for work at the courts said
they were not in the right mood to work and substituted the
day's activities for the event.
" The news is a sad one and as such it is very natural that
many people will find it difficult to work well for sometime
but we hope that after the ceremony the tension will come
down for serious work to begin tomorrow", he said.
Mr. Tenu said " we have special interest towards him in the
region because he chose to serve his first appointment as a
High Court Judge in Ho from where he also ran the Hohoe and
Denu High Courts from 1988 to 1994".
Mr. Saviour Dzikunu, President of the Volta Regional branch
of the Ghana Bar Association, described the late Chief
Justice Acquah as a gentleman who exuded judicial authority
to the maximum.
" The time conscious man roars like a lion on the bench but
gentle and meek as a lamb when off the bench... his death is
a big blow", he lamented.
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