Bridget Otoo defends the Chief Justice nominee, saying, "Go

Bridget Otoo, a media personality and presidential staffer, has added her voice to the ongoing social media discussion surrounding Chief Justice nominee Justice Baffoe-Bonnie’s remarks regarding the 70-year prison sentence for infamous armed robber Ataa Ayi.

The nominee told the Parliament’s Appointments Committee during the vetting process on Monday, November 10, 2025, that the 70-year sentence was required to ensure public safety and to make sure that justice took into account the victims’ economic, social, and emotional suffering.

Judges adhere to sentencing guidelines, but some crimes call for harsher penalties, according to Justice Baffoe-Bonnie.

“When I was younger, I gave someone 70 years, Ataa Ayi,” he remarked. “My family would be the first to be attacked by Ataa Ayi if he were granted thirty years and returned. “I will therefore be dead and gone by the time he returns after 70 years,” he declared. Since then, his remarks have generated conflicting responses on the internet, with some people supporting his assessment and others accusing him of bias.

Broadcaster Bridget Otoo defended Justice Baffoe-Bonnie after the online backlash, claiming that his comments were inaccurate. “He used context when he spoke. And this hardened criminal was ruthless in his killing! She wrote on X, “He deserved death but got 70 years.”

She suggested that a movement be started in support of Ataa Ayi by those who believe that her 70-year sentence is unfair and unjust. “If anyone feels that Ataa Ayi’s sentence was unjust, they can start the Ataa Ayi Movement,” emphasising the long-lasting trauma that the infamous robber’s violent crimes caused to countless Ghanaians.

'Go and form an Ataa Ayi Movement' – Bridget Otoo defends Chief Justice nominee

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, residents of Accra were terrorised by a notorious armed robbery gang led by Ataa Ayi, who was once Ghana’s most feared criminal. After one of the longest police manhunts in the nation, he was apprehended in 2005 and found guilty on several charges of armed robbery.

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Bridget Otoo defends the Chief Justice nominee, saying, “Go and form an Ataa Ayi Movement.”

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