William Justice Atuguba is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana.
Prior to his appointment, he enrolled as a Magistrate on 3rd October 1974. Atuguba has worked as a private lawyer at some point in his career.
He also worked as a Special Prosecutor and State attorney before he was given the position of a Chief Justice in 1995. Atuguba was appointed by the then President Jerry John Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
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William Atuguba was acting as the Chief Justice from May 25, 2016 to June 3, 2016 while Justice Georgina Theodora Wood was outside the country on offìcial duties.
For a period of time, he was given a position as the most be senior judge in the Supreme Court of Justice.
Atuguba acted as Chief Justice from February 2017 prior to the retirement of Theodora Georgina Wood on 8 June 2017 until 19 June 2017.
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After he left office, Sophia Akuffo was sworn in by the current President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo.
According to Information gathered by ghanabrief.com, he was the longest serving Chief Justice in the history of the Ghanaian judiciary system. He served as a judge for 44 years.
Atuguba became a household name after the then NPP presidential candidate filed for an election to look into the 2012 presidential election.
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The acting Chief and some other judiciary members sat on the case for that particular petition.
One thing a lot of people knew him for his hilarious comments during his court proceedings.
One hilarious comment he gave during his tenure of offìce was this;
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“I am not aware of any judicial university that has awarded or conferred a graduate or doctoral degree on the pink sheet”.
