Samuel Azu Crabbe
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| Samuel Azu Crabbe | |
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5th Chief Justice of Ghana
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| In office 1973 – 1977 |
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| Appointed by | NRC |
| Preceded by | Edmund A.L. Bannerman |
| Succeeded by | Fred Kwasi Apaloo |
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Samuel Azu Crabbe was the Chief Justice of Ghana between 1973 and 1977. He was the fifth person to hold this position since Ghana became an independent nation.[1] He was appointed Chief Justice after the military coup of January 13, 1972 established the National Redemption Council (NRC). He was however removed four years later by the same NRC under pressure from the Ghana Bar Association.[2]
He completed his secondary education at Accra Academy in Accra in 1939.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ List of Chief Justices. Official Website. Judicial Service of Ghana. Retrieved on March 28, 2007.
- ^ 13TH JANUARY, 1972 – 3RD JUNE, 1979:NATIONAL REDEMPTION COUNCIL (NRC)/SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL (SMC) I & II (pdf). THE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION REPORT Volume 4 Chapter 2 page 18. Ghana government (October 2004). Retrieved on March 28, 2007.
- ^ Nikoi Kotey. Accra Aca Is Calling. Accra Academy alumni. Retrieved on March 28, 2007.
[edit] See also
[edit] Publications
- Crabbe, Samuel Azu (1998). Law of Wills in Ghana. ISBN 9789988010089.
| Preceded by Edmund A.L. Bannerman |
Chief Justice of Ghana 1973–1977 |
Succeeded by Fred Kwasi Apaloo |
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Sir Kobina Arku Korsah · J. Sarkodee-Addo · Edward Akufo-Addo · Edmund A.L. Bannerman · Samuel Azu Crabbe · Fred Kwasi Apaloo · E. N. P. Sowah · Philip Edward Archer · Isaac Kobina Abban · Edward Kwame Wiredu · George Kingsley Acquah
