Judges, lawyers, litigants mourn mourns late Chief Justice Acquah

Ho, March 26, GNA- Judges, Magistrates Lawyers and litigants in Ho on Monday organized a short memorial service in mourning of the late Chief Justice, Justice George Kingsley Acquah.

They prayed and observed a minute's silence for the blissful repose of the soul of the departed Chief Justice.

Cases slated for adjudication for the day were subsequently adjourned for two weeks, while Judicial service staff went about their normal duties with red band hanging on the main gate to the Court premises.

Mr. Victor Tenu, Volta Regional Registrar of the Judicial Service, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency said lawyers and judges who reported for work at the courts said they were not in the right mood to work and substituted the day's activities for the event. " The news is a sad one and as such it is very natural that many people will find it difficult to work well for sometime but we hope that after the ceremony the tension will come down for serious work to begin tomorrow", he said.

Mr. Tenu said " we have special interest towards him in the region because he chose to serve his first appointment as a High Court Judge in Ho from where he also ran the Hohoe and Denu High Courts from 1988 to 1994".

Mr. Saviour Dzikunu, President of the Volta Regional branch of the Ghana Bar Association, described the late Chief Justice Acquah as a gentleman who exuded judicial authority to the maximum. " The time conscious man roars like a lion on the bench but gentle and meek as a lamb when off the bench... his death is a big blow", he lamented.