President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has fired three justices of the high court implicated in acts of corruption with immediate effect.

The judges are Mr. Ayisi Addo, Mr. Paul Uuter Dery, and Mr. Mustapha Habib Logoh.

The three judges, in addition to Justice Charles Quist, were initially suspended in May.

They were among the 22 High and Lower Court judges captured by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, in audio and video recordings in 2015, showing them collecting bribes from litigants.


A statement signed by the Communication Director of the presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin, announcing the sacking of the justices, said: “The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has, by letter dated Thursday, 6th December 2018, removed Mr. Justice Ayisi Addo, Mr. Justice Uuter Paul Dery, and Mr. Justice Mustapha Habib Logoh, from office as Justices of the High Court”.

This was after the committee established by the Chief Justice, Justice Sophia Akuffo, pursuant to Article 146 (4) of the Constitution, to investigate a complaint lodged against the three judges by Mr Anas Aremeyaw Anas, recommended their removal from office.

According to the statement, "The president, in accordance with the provisions of Article 146(9) of the Constitution, has acted on the recommendations of the Committee as the Constitution enjoins him to do, and has, accordingly removed the three Justices of the High Court from office on the grounds of bribery and corruption".

The Committee, the statement said: "Concluded that the conduct of the justices amounted to a criminal offence under the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, (Act 29) (as amended)".
President Akufo-Addo has also directed that a copy of the Committee’s report be submitted to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service “for the requisite action to be taken.”