President Mahama (L) has been petition to remove Acting Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie (R)
Gbande Nabin Yussif, a private citizen, has petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to remove the Acting Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie.
Nabin-Yussif, in his petition, sighted by GhanaWeb and signed on October 6, 2025, is pleading with the president to remove the acting chief justice on the grounds of misbehavior.
Citing Article 146 (1) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, Nabin-Yussif claims that Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie recently made some utterances that he believes are a breach of the constitution and internationally recognised principles of judicial behaviour, such as the Bangalore Principle of Judicial Conduct (2002).
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The private citizen who referred to a comment made by Paul Baffoe-Bonnie on September 25, 2025, following a lawsuit filed by Isreal Tetteh, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamokpor, and a group calling itself the Ghana Law Society, seeking constitutional relief against the Ghana Bar Association, noted that the president should sack the acting CJ with immediate effect.
“I respectfully submit this petition for the removal of Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana and currently Acting Chief Justice, on the grounds of stated misbehaviour. Article 146(1) provides that: A Justice of the Superior Court or a Chairman of a Regional Tribunal shall not be removed from office except for stated misbehaviour or incompetence or on ground of inability to perform the functions of his office arising from infirmity of body or mind.”
“The conduct of Justice Baffoe-Bonnie, as set out below, constitutes stated misbehaviour because it breaches multiple provisions of the Judicial Code of Conduct for Judges and Magistrates of Ghana, and offends internationally recognised principles of judicial behaviour such as the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct (2002).
“The Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct has been endorsed by the United Nations as part of the global standards for judicial ethics and has been recognised as an inspiring literature in drawing up Ghana’s Judicial Code of Conduct,” part of the petition reads.
Nabin-Yussif is therefore pleading with John Dramani Mahama to remove the acting chief justice on four grounds.
According to the petitioner, the acting CJ’s statement is a breach of multiple provisions of Ghana’s Judicial Code, conflicts of interest, undermines the authority and legitimacy of the judiciary, and severely damages public confidence in the administration of justice.
“Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie’s conduct amounts to stated misbehaviour within the meaning of Article 146(1). His statements to a plaintiff in a pending constitutional case:
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“Breach multiple provisions of Ghana’s Judicial Code of Conduct, Contravene internationally recognised principles of judicial propriety,
independence, impartiality, integrity, and avoidance of conflicts of
interest, Undermine the authority and legitimacy of the judiciary, and
Severely damage public confidence in the administration of justice,” the petition added.
Read the full petition below:
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