E. N. P. Sowah
Justice Ernest Nee Pobee Sowah JSC[1] (born 23 September 1921, date of death unknown) was the Chief Justice of Ghana from 1986 to 1990.[2]
E. N. P. Sowah | |
|---|---|
| 7th Chief Justice of Ghana | |
| In office 1986–1990 | |
| Appointed by | Jerry Rawlings |
| Preceded by | Fred Kwasi Apaloo |
| Succeeded by | Philip Edward Archer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 September 1921 Accra |
Early life
He was born on September 23, 1921, to James Durnford Sowah to the Royal Stool House of Kpobi We, Kowe, La and Margaret Mansah Quao of Adedinkpo, Accra. He entered Achimota School in 1936.[3]
Career
He presided over the case brought by Amaoako Tuffuor, a Ghanaian citizen, when the People's National Party government of Hilla Limann attempted to replace Justice Fred Kwasi Apaloo as the Chief Justice of Ghana by vetting him. He ruled that Apaloo was the Chief Justice on the coming into force of the 1979 Ghanaian constitution and was thus the incumbent Chief Justice.[4]
He went on to succeed Apaloo in 1986. This was during the era of the military Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) government. He was retained as Chief Justice beyond the compulsory retirement age by the PNDC, a move which was controversial at the time.[5]
Personal life
The 2002 book "Who Killed the Judges?" by police officer Jacob Yidana notes that Justice Sowah is deceased, but doesn't state when he died.[6]
Publications
- 1981 - Non-Aligned Nations, 13 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 439 (1981)[7]
Notes and references
- Ghana Year Book, 1967, pg. 18
- "List of Chief Justices". Official website. Judicial Service of Ghana. Archived from the original on 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- "Achimota Trivia - Did you know Part 1?". OAA 1973 Alumni website. Achimota School Class of 1973 & Sixth Form Class of 1975. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- Kwaku S. Asare (2002-12-31). "December 31, The Day Democracy was Aborted". Feature Article. ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
- "Volume 4 Chapter 2: The Legal Profession (including the Judiciary)" (PDF). The National Reconciliation Commission Report. Ghana government. October 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-04-28. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- Yidana, Jacob Yabuni, "Who Killed the Judges?" (2002)
- Sowah, E. N. P. (1981). "Introduction - Non-Aligned Nations". Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 13: 439. Retrieved 2010-02-20.