On April 22, 2025, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, a Justice of the Supreme Court (JSC) was appointed as Acting Chief Justice following the suspension of Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.
On September 23, 2025, President John Dramani Mahama announced that Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie’s name has been forwarded to the Council of State for consideration for appointment as the substantive Chief Justice.
If approved by Parliament, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie will replace Justice Gertrude Sackey Esaaba Torkornoo, who was removed by President Mahama following a recommendation by a committee that found her guilty of misconduct.
Who is Paul Baffoe-Bonnie
Just Baffoe-Bonnie was born on December 26, 1956.
His primary school education was at the Goaso Local Authority primary and middle schools, completing his Middle School Leaving Certificate examinations in the late 1960s.
He attended the Konongo Odumase Secondary School (KOSS), where he obtained his General Certificate of Examination (GCE) Ordinary Level and GCE Advanced Level certificates from 1969 to 1976.
He then attended the University of Ghana and later the Ghana Law School.
Baffoe-Bonnie was called to the Bar in Ghana in 1983.
He worked as a Circuit Court Judge in Kumasi, served as High Court Judge at Duayaw Nkwanta and was appointed an Appeals Court judge in 2006.
He was appointed a Supreme Court Judge by the President John Agyekum Kufuor in June 2008.
Baffoe-Bonnie’s parents are Opanyin Baffoe-Bonnie from Sewua in the Bosomtwe District of Ashanti and Ama Kyerewaa from Breman in Kumasi.
Baffoe-Bonnie is married to Patience Baffoe-Bonnie, the current Director-General of the Ghana Prison Service.
