Patience Baffoe-Bonnie (Esq.), the Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service, has recounted her 35-year love journey with her husband, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie the Chief Justice of Ghana.
According to Patience Baffoe-Bonnie, they first met when her husband was posted for an attachment as a lawyer.
She narrated in an interview on Adom TV on May 6, 2026, “One day, I went to collect food for the prisoners, and he asked me my name. I told him I was Patience Boafo. Since I was always the one going for the food, he later asked me what I did after work. I told him that was my private life, so I couldn’t disclose it. We eventually became friends and would go for walks together”.
The Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service detailed that her husband’s proposal itself was odd. saying, “He didn’t propose directly. If you know Sekondi well, there’s a place called Zongo Quarters.
“We had gone for a walk and were climbing a hill when we met an old lady. She asked if we were in a relationship. I quickly said no, but my husband said yes. The woman then told me that if I hadn’t thought about it, I should because we would make a good pair.”
She further disclosed that Justice Baffoe-Bonnie went to her mother’s house to formally express his intentions.
It will be recalled that the couple’s love story, which became public after Justice Baffoe-Bonnie disclosed it during his vetting by Parliament’s Appointments Committee.
The Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie 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.
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