William atuguba biography

The name “ATUGUBA” became a household name in Ghana following the 2013 Presidential Election Petition. For those in the legal fraternity, and probably for media practitioners, the name had been a household name for decades prior to the election petition in 2013.

The private legal practitioner, Magistrate, Prosecutor, Supreme Court Judge and at some point, acting Chief Justice finally retires after nearly 23 years on the bench of the highest court of the land.

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As at today, only the Chief Justice, Justice Sophia Akufo, with whom he was appointed to the Supreme Court on 30^th November 1995, has spent more time in the Fourth Republican Supreme Court than Justice Atuguba.

Justice Atuguba will be remembered for his sense of humour even in the heat of affairs.

This was made manifest during the 2013 Election petition which was aired live throughout the country. But the Learned Justice’s sense of humour does not end in the Courtroom; it finds its way in