Court of Appeal Judge Emmanuel Ankamah is to be investigated by the Chief Justice regarding how he handled a case involving the estate of a deceased pastor while he was a High Court Judge at Tema.A five-member Supreme Court panel, with Justice Victor Jones Dotse presiding, called for the investigation insisting the conduct of the Judge and then Registrar of the court, Sebastian Agbo has the potential to affect the image of the Judiciary.

“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,” Justice Dotse stated in his valedictory Judgment.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,” Justice Dotse stated in his valedictory Judgment.Following the death of one Rev Emmanuel Dorgbadzi, a dispute arose as to who should administer his estate. The matter ended up at the Tema High Court presided over at the time by Justice Ankamah.Documents (caveat) were filed to prevent proposed administrators of the estate from getting permission to administer it.

Justice Ankamah is said to have struck out this process even though it was not listed for hearing and failed to give the parties in whose favour they were issued, a hearing.

Justice Dotse ruled that the court breached the rules of natural justice as the evidence on the record showed that the case was heard on the blind side of the caveators, with the presiding judge striking out the said caveat for want of prosecution and granting the letters of administration to the interested parties.