Yaw Appau

Yaw Appau is a Ghanaian judge who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana from July 2015 to August 2021.

Justice Appau hails from Badu in the Tain District of Bono Region of Ghana. He was called to the Bar in 1982. Prior to his appointment at the Supreme Court of Ghana, he had served in various capacities in the Judiciary of Ghana. He was sworn into office on 29 June 2015.

Early life and education Appau was born on 2 August 1951 at Badu, a town in the Tain District of the Brong Ahafo Region. He is a tribal Koulango who live mostly in the Bono region of Ghana and the Zanzan district of Ivory Coast. He began schooling at the Wenchi West Primary School for his primary education and proceeded to the Bekwai Methodist Middle School for his Middle School Leaving Certificate. and approved by consensus on 24 June 2015. He was sworn into office together with Gabriel Pwamang on Monday, 29 June 2015.

He was part of a seven-member panel constituted by the Chief Justice, that heard the 2020 election petition by John Mahama against The Electoral Commission of Ghana and Nana Akufo-Addo.