The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah seeking to stop selected criminal trials from proceeding during the annual legal vacation.
Presiding as a single judge on Friday, August 21, 2026, Justice Gabriel Pwamang ruled that the applicant failed to present a sufficient case for an interlocutory injunction.
The ruling allows affected High Courts to continue sitting during the vacation period, which runs from August 1 to September 30, under administrative warrants issued by Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie.
These ongoing proceedings include high-profile cases such as the trials of former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and former NAFCO Chief Executive Officer Hanan Abdul-Wahab.
Following the decision, lead counsel for Oppong Nkrumah, Frank Davies, stated that the legal team accepts the ruling and will await a certified true copy of the full judgment to determine their next steps. Davies noted that while lawyers have a responsibility to critique judicial decisions rather than condemn them, the team will abide by the ruling for now.
While the dismissal allows these criminal trials to go forward immediately, the core legal challenge remains undecided.
Oppong Nkrumah’s substantive suit argues that the Chief Justice’s administrative directives violate Articles 17 and 296 of the 1992 Constitution by fostering selective justice. The Supreme Court has yet to hear and rule on the ultimate constitutionality of the vacation sitting warrants.
Source: Isaac Kofi Dzokpo /mydailynewsonline.com
