 He was once the head of the National Finance Board during the rule of the National Liberation Council, which had overthrown the Nkrumah government.In 1967, he was appointed the head of a commission of enquiry (the Azu Crabbe commission) to probe the assets of Kwame Nkrumah, the former president of Ghana.He was appointed Chief Justice by the National Redemption Council (NRC) in 1973.