Ghana High Court vacation hearings for Abdul-Wahab and Adu-Boahen challenged

Lawyers representing Hanan Abdul‑Wahab and former National Signals Bureau director‑general Kwabena Adu‑Boahen have petitioned Ghana's Chief Justice to overturn a decision that allows their criminal trials to proceed during the judicial vacation. The petitions, filed by former Attorney‑General Godfred Yeboah Dame for Abdul‑Wahab and lawyer Samuel Atta Akyea for Adu‑Boahen, argue that holding substantive criminal hearings in the vacation period breaches constitutional rights to choose legal representation and departs from long‑standing practice that limits vacation courts to motions only.

The defence teams cite a recent order by Justice Francis Achibonga, who received a warrant authorising him to sit during the vacation, and contend that the trials had not yet commenced before the recess. Both lawyers have notified the Chief Justice that they will not attend the scheduled hearings, raising a procedural challenge for the two high‑profile cases.