Full Speech: GBA president, Yaw Boafo at 40th Martyrs' Day Remembrance Service
The Martyrs' Day is held each year in remembrance of the three judges, who together with a retired military officer, Major Sam Acquah, were abducted and murdered at the Bundase Military range which is about 50 kilometers east of Accra on June 30, 1982, within curfew hours.
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The Ghana Bar Association (GBA), and members of the Judiciary, today, June 30, 2022, held the annual remembrance service in honour of the three murdered Honourable Justices of the High Court of Ghana - Mr. Justice Fred Poku Sarkodee, Mrs Justice Cecilia Koranteng- Addow and Justice K.A. Agyepong.
The Martyrs' Day is held each year in remembrance of the three judges who together with a retired military officer, Major Sam Acquah, were abducted and murdered at the Bundase Military range which is about 50 kilometers east of Accra on June 30, 1982, within curfew hours.
At the ceremony held at the Christ the King Parish church in Accra, Mr. Yaw Baofo, the GBA president said current and future judges, magistrates, and lawyers should continue to draw inspiration from the bold and courageous manner in which the martyrs administered justice.
“Secondly, their killings should serve as a constant reminder of the need for all of us to eschew tendencies including by words and actions that could threaten the existence and consolidation of democracy under the 4th Republic and the general stability and health of this country," he also advised.
The ceremony had in attendance the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, Vice President, Mahamadu Bawumia, Chief Justice, Anin Yeboah, Justices of the Superior Courts, Attorney-General, Godfred Dame, Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyeremanteng, other government officials, representatives of the Military and several dignitaries.
Below is the full speech by the Bar Association's president;
