A justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, Justice Samuel Marful-Sau, has passed away, multiple sources have confirmed to Asaase Radio.
He is said to have died today, 10 August 2021, after a short illness. The late Justice Marful-Sau was 64 years old at the time of his demise.
He played a critical role in the system for delivering justice in the Republic of Ghana. Notable among his list of experiences was his membership of the Election 2020 petition panel that upheld the retention of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a validly elected president, following a lawsuit filed by John Dramani Mahama, the presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in last year’s general election.
Samuel Marful-Sau was born in Assin Edubiase in the Central Region in 1957. After qualifying as a barrister-at-law in 1984, he worked in the office of the Provisional National Defence Council and entered into private legal practice before being called to the high court bench in June 2002.
He became an Appeal Court judge in 2006 and in 2018 he was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana by His Excellency President Akufo-Addo.
While in private practice, his areas of expertise included: nationality, immigration, corporate, commercial and insurance law. He remained in private legal practice until June 2002, when he was called to the bench as a high court judge.
Reform-minded
Justice Marful-Sau was a member of the Law Reform Commission from August 1998 to October 2005 and a member of the Ghana Frequency Regulation Control Board from 1993 to 1998, while in private legal practice.
He therefore rose through the ranks as a high court judge to a justice of the Court of Appeal, serving in that capacity from November 2006 to 2018, when he was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana.
Justice Marful-Sau served as a Justice of the Supreme Court from 2018 until his demise.
Wilberforce Asare
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