Justice Avril Lovelace-Johnson chaired the five-member panel that heard the case
A five-member panel of the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, dismissed an application by former Director-General of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, for the court to remove the judge presiding over his ongoing prosecution.
Adu-Boahene, through his lawyer, Samuel Atta Akyea, asked the court, under the Supreme Court’s supervisory jurisdiction, to restrain the High Court judge from continuing with the case on grounds of alleged bias, prejudgment, and unfair treatment.
But the Supreme Court panel, in a 5-0 unanimous decision, threw out the application. The court ruled that the application lacked merit, stating that it would give the full reasons for its judgment on November 5, 2025.
The Law Platform, in a post shared on X on Wednesday, gave details of the justices who sat on the case.
According to the post, Justice Avril Lovelace-Johnson presided over the five-member panel.
Below are brief details of the members of the panel that sat on Adu-Boahene’s case:
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Justice Avril Lovelace-Johnson:
Justice Avril Lovelace-Johnson was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2019 by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
She previously served as a High Court judge and later as a Justice of the Court of Appeal before joining the Supreme Court.
Justice Lovelace-Johnson has sat on a number of high-profile cases, including the “Vacant Seat Case,” where she dissented from the ruling that overturned the declaration of four seats vacant by the Speaker of Parliament.
Richard Adjei-Frimpong JSC
Justice Richard Adjei-Frimpong was appointed to the Supreme Court by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
He was sworn into office on January 3, 2024. Before his appointment to the Supreme Court, he was a Justice of the Court of Appeal.
Justice Adjei-Frimpong was one of the justices who voted to dismiss the application filed by former Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, challenging her removal.
Senyo Dzamefe JSC
Justice Senyo Dzamefe is one of seven Supreme Court judges recently appointed by President John Dramani Mahama. Before his appointment, he was a Justice of the Court of Appeal, appointed to the Court of Appeal in 2010.
He served as a Justice of the High Court before his promotion to the Court of Appeal.
He was the chairperson of the Dzamefe Commission, which looked into the performance of Ghana’s senior men’s football team, the Black Stars, at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Dennis Dominic Adjei JSC
Justice Dennis Dominic Adjei is also one of the newly appointed justices of the Supreme Court.
Before his appointment to the apex court of the land, he was a judge of the Court of Appeal of Ghana, appointed in July 2010. He is also a judge of the African Court, having been elected to the court in July 2022 for a six-year term.
Additionally, he is one of the nine members of the Advisory Committee of the International Criminal Court.
Kweku Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo JSC
Justice Kweku Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo is also one of the new Supreme Court judges. He was a judge at the Court of Appeal, appointed in 2022, after serving as a High Court judge for years.
He was one of the justices who presided over the Republic v. Ato Forson & 2 Others ambulance case and wrote the lead judgment, which exonerated the current Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, of any wrongdoing.
As a High Court judge, he also presided over what became known as the Ex Parte Zanetor case, where he ruled that Article 94(1)(a) of the Constitution is clear and does not call for interpretation after the candidature of the Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, was challenged.
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