The Judicial Service has dismissed the Registrar of the Tema High Court’s Land Division for preparing over 30 fraudulent court orders.
A dismissal notice dated Wednesday, June 7, 2023, and signed by the Judicial Secretary, Justice Cynthia Pamela Addo, advised not to deal with Mr Sebastian Agbo as a Judicial Service staff.
“The General Public and Staff of the Judicial Service are hereby informed that Mr Sebastian Agbo formerly of the Land Court, Tema was dismissed from the Judicial Service of Ghana on 18th May 2023 for fraudulently preparing thirty (30) Court orders, a major offense under Section 37(a) of the Conditions of Service for Senior and Junior Employees of the Judicial Service.
“In view of the ongoing, Mr. Sebastian Agbo no longer represents the Judicial Service. All persons who deal with him, therefore, do so at their own peril. Please be advised accordingly,” the statement said.
This follows the Supreme Court’s referral of Mr. Agbo to the Chief Justice for investigations in a case involving the estate of a deceased pastor.
The Apex Court also heard the case of abetment involving Justice Emmanuel Ankamah, the then Tema High Court judge, who presided over the same case in 2022 and is now a Justice of the Court of Appeal.
In a unanimous decision, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Justice Jones Dotse, stated that the case’s precedents sullied the integrity of the judicial system.
“In our collective wisdom, we deem it appropriate to refer this case to the Chief Justice to cause further investigations into the conduct of the learned trial judge and Sebastian Agbo, then Registrar of the High Court, Tema under whose tenure the sordid affairs happened.
“This should cover all officers who played any role in this shameful specie of conduct,” the court said.