Chief Justice nominee Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has recounted how he met his wife while they were both in the Prison Service in Sekondi.
Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie shared a personal moment during his appearance before the Vetting Committee.
According to him, as a Deputy Superintendent at the time, he was not permitted to marry a junior officer, so he opted out of the Prison Service so that she could stay.
Speaking during his vetting by Parliament’s Appointments Committee on Monday, November 10, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie recounted, “I joined the Ghana Prisons Service in 1988 and completed six months of military training. Following my training, I was posted to Sekondi, where I met my wife, who at the time has a bob no rank she did’nt have rank and was a sixth former; she was starting her career in the Prison Service.
“I served with the Prisons Service for about two years until 1990, when I was informed that, as a Deputy Superintendent, I was not permitted to marry a junior officer. Since the rules would not allow us to be together, I opted out of the Prison Service so that she could stay,” he noted.
Furthermore, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has stated he deserves the Chief Justice position.
Baffoe-Bonnie, during his vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Monday, November 10, 2025, stated he believes he is qualified and ready to assume the position of Chief Justice.
The acting Chief Justice rejected claims that his nomination was a reward for favouring President John Dramani Mahama during the 2013 election petition.
He stated, “I wouldn’t know what goes on in the president’s mind since I’m not there. But I actually will be disappointed if my only qualification for the chief justice nomination is that I voted for the president in 2013. But I mean that is on a lighter note, but I think I qualify for the position. I have what it takes to lead the judiciary”.
“The President must have his reason. I don’t know that. I believe I qualify for the position of Chief Justice. I think I deserve that position.
“To say I am the best qualified person in the Supreme Court… now I will say that. The person who I served nearest to me has been there for 10 years… The next person came there in 2005… others are from 2019 and 2020. So, I think I qualify for the position,” he added.
Meanwhile, the minority in parliament has walked out of the vetting of Chief Justice nominee Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie.
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‘I opted out of the Prison Service so that she could stay.’ – Chief Justice nominee Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie recounts how he met his wife while they were both in the Prison Service in Sekondi, sharing a personal moment during his appearance before the Vetting Committee.
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