Bleoobii bid farewell to Justice V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe


Bleoobii from various year groups joined hundreds of Ghanaians from across the country to pay their last respects to the late Justice Vincent Cyril Richard Arthur Charles Crabbe (Bleoo ’43) at a funeral service held at the Accra International Conference Centre on 4th October, 2018. The Headmaster of Accra Academy, Rev. William Garr (Bleoo ’78), with support from Messrs Emmanuel Bruce-Attah (Bleoo ’73), Edward Doe Adjaho (Bleoo ’77), Jones  Victor Dotse (Bleoo ’73) and Abbey-Ashong (Bleoo ’75), read a eulogy on behalf of the School and Bleoobii.

Among the dignitaries present at the ceremony where the President, Vice President and two former Presidents of Ghana. The School choir was also in attendance and led the School delegation in the singing of the School Anthem and School Song.

National Executives of the Accra Academy Old Boys’ Association (AAOBA) later presented a donation of Gh¢2000 to the Crabbe family on behalf of the Association.

Justice Vincent Cyril Richard Arthur Charles Crabbe was Ghana's first Electoral Commissioner and the only person in Ghana’s history to be appointed twice as a Justice of the Supreme Court.

His mortal remains were interred at the Osu Military Cemetery.

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