Lawyer Akoto Ampaw, who represented President Akufo-Addo in the 2020 election petition is reportedly dead.
Sources say he died in the early hours of
Friday, October 20, at the University of Ghana Medical Center (UGMC).
According to available information, the lawyer has
not been well since the beginning of 2023.
The bereaved family is expected to issue a press statement
later, the sources added.
The late Lawyer Akoto Ampaw is one of the
people who criticised the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values
Bill.
He insisted at the time that, the bill seeks to
needlessly criminalize sympathy and support for the LGBTQ+ community in Ghana.
Mr Akoto Ampaw further alluded to the fact that the
bill also places an unhealthy gag on citizens who may want to engage in
discussions on LGBTQ; a situation which he believes undermines the spirit of
the 1992 Constitution.
About Akoto Ampaw
Popularly known as ‘Che Che’ right from his student
days at the University of Ghana, Ampaw was part of the New Patriotic Party’s
legal team in the Electoral Petition of 2013.
His remarkable legal career was further
underscored by his involvement in the New Patriotic Party’s legal team during
the Electoral Petition of 2013.
Beyond his extensive legal expertise, Mr. Ampaw was a
valued partner at Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co., the esteemed law firm
associated with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Ampaw was tipped to be named Special Prosecutor
following the passage of the Office of Special Prosecutor Bill.
He is a graduate of the University of Ghana, LL.B.,
1973 and the Ghana School of Law, B.L., 1993.
He dealt in Commercial Law, Company Law, Industrial
Law, and Litigation among others.
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