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Lawyers/Judges in Western Region
remember slain colleagues
Takoradi, July 2, Ghanadot/GNA - Reverend Thomas E. Ansah,
Minister in Charge of the Christ the King Methodist Church
at Takoradi, has called on lawyers and judges to ensure
fairness and justice to guarantee peace, unity and
prosperity in the country.
He said, "Let each person receive what is due him and no one
should use clandestine means to achieve his desires."
Rev. Ansah was speaking at the 25th anniversary remembrance
service organised by the Western Regional branch of the
Ghana Bar Association (GBA) for the three high court judges
who were abducted and murdered in 1982, together with Major
(rtd) Sam Acquah, in Takoradi.
The judges were Mr. Justice Fred Poku-Sarkodie, Mrs. Justice
Cecilia Koranteng-Addow and Mr. Justice Kwadwo
Agyei-Agyapong.
He said it would be wrong for Ghanaians to discriminate in
the dispensation of justice adding "you must forgive
unconditionally and not re-pay evil for evil and urged all
who have been wronged to forgive and move on.
Rev. Ansah asked Christians to pray for criminals and other
people who have taken the law into their own hands.
He noted that instant justice and assassination and other
forms of injustices created an atmosphere of insecurity,
suspicion and fear.
Rev. Ansah therefore, charged lawyers and judges to work
hard to improve the society adding that cheating,
humiliation and abuse should not compel one to take the law
into his or her hand.
Mr. Emmanuel K. Arthur, President of the Western Regional
Bar Association, said the remembrance service was meant to
remind lawyers and judges of their duties and the
consequences that the three high court judges had to endure
in their line of duty.
He said the judges were devoted to duty and sacrificed their
lives in the interest of the country.
The GBA later donated three million cedis towards ongoing
projects of the Church.
GNA
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