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Full Ruling, The Republic v James Gyakye Quayson

via James Gyakye Quayson.

April 13, 2025

This decision marks a significant turning point in a legal saga that has traversed both the civil and criminal jurisdictions of Ghana’s courts, centred on the intersection between citizenship, political rights, and constitutional allegiance.

Read the ruling of the Accra High Court.

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