KPEGAH, J.S.C.
My Lords, I am not certain whether to describe this judgment as a valedictory judgment or not. However, since there may be a good possibility of it turning out to be so because I have to start listening to my body and the advice of my doctors after my spinal surgery. I have been advised that long hours of sitting is not advisable for a person who has the type of surgery that I had, and since this job is mainly sedentary, I have to start considering bowing out and find myself a more convenient way of life in the future. I will therefore be candid and frank in my views on a series of legal issues which I consider not only relevant to the appeal before us but also very critical to the development of our jurisprudence in the area of the protection of the fundamental rights of the individual as enshrined in chapter Five of our Constitution, 1992. Some of the legal issues I have in mind greatly informed my position in this case. And, since this might be the last time I may be …