Private legal practitioner Kofi Bentil eulogizes the late lawyer Akoto Ampaw
Rest well my mentor, you’ll never be replaced – Bentil on Akoto Ampaw’s death
Mr Akoto Ampaw died on Friday, October 20 after a short illness.
In a Facebook post, Mr Bentil said “Here is the man Sheeyshey, on this occasion, he led myself and Hassan Tampuli to fight for Polling station accountability, few appreciate the importance of this.
“Suffice to say without this Court Ruling we won, NPP would not have won the election, because there was no way to account for ballots.
“That was the quality of the man Sheeyshey, Lawyer Akoto Ampaw, quietly makes monumental impacts and walks away from the limelight till he is needed again!!
“Rest well My Mentor.”
Lawyer Anthony Akoto Ampaw Esq was a veteran Ghanaian lawyer and human rights activist.
Lawyer Anthony Akoto Ampaw is married with children.
Popularly known as ‘Sheeyshey’ right from his student days at the University of Ghana, Ampaw was part of the New Patriotic Party’s legal team in the Electoral Petition of 2013.
He was the head of the legal team defending President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s win in the 2020 Presidential elections at the Supreme Court.
