Umaru Sanda Amadu Called to the Bar, Returns to Village to Inspire Children

Umaru Sanda Amadu Esq

Renowned broadcast journalist Umaru Sanda Amadu has been called to the Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana, capping a remarkable journey from the cattle grazing fields of Asutsuare Junction to the courtroom.

Amadu, host of Eyewitness News on  and FaceToFace on Channel One TV, was among 1,568 new lawyers called to the Ghana Bar on Friday, October 9, 2026. The ceremony was held at the auditorium of the International Central Gospel Church Christ Temple in Teshie, Accra. 

He was among prominent personalities admitted this year, including Communications Minister Samuel Nartey George, Lands Minister Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, and fellow media personalities. 

In a moving social media post after his call, Amadu reflected on his unlikely path to the legal profession.

"I grew up on the cattle grazing fields of Asutsuare Junction in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region. As the last born and only child in the family to be lucky enough to be enrolled in school, my options were limited. Lawyer? Hell no!!! Not in this village. Unimaginable. Impossible!"

The post, signed off as "Umaru Sanda Amadu Esq. Cowboy Lawyer," announced his return to his hometown — not for celebration alone, but for inspiration.

"Many years on, I'm lucky to have been plucked out of the stream of seemingly hopeless children and planted in the Supreme Court of Ghana as a Barrister and Solicitor," he wrote.

"So I returned to the village where I know there may still be children with limited choices in life, and in the same small room that I was born, and in the same cattle kraal that used to be my office, with wig and gown, to inspire the Children, and to tell them, that I have become a Cowboy Lawyer and that, they could too, if they dream Beyond The Limit!"

He returned dressed in his wig and gown to the same room where he was born and the cattle kraal where he once worked, telling children that their circumstances need not define their future. 

Amadu's story began in a family of seven children where parents and siblings had no formal education. He has often said he never imagined he would amount to much, with days measured by moving cattle behind his father. 

His turning point came at Asutsuare Junction D/A Basic School. In 2003, a district scholarship offered him admission to Tema Secondary School — an opening into a world that had previously seemed distant. 

He proceeded to the Ghana Institute of Journalism, interned at Sena Radio and TV3, and in 2010 joined Citi FM as a national service person. What was meant to be temporary became a defining career, where he became known as the "Cowboy Journalist" — the cattle herder who became a national broadcaster. 

While still anchoring the newsroom, he began studying law in 2021. He earned his Bachelor of Laws degree from Central University College in 2024 and passed the Ghana School of Law entrance exams on his first attempt. 

On October 9, 2026, that effort culminated in his call to the Bar. 

In a detail that captured his pride in the moment, he travelled to the United Kingdom to purchase his legal regalia from Ede & Ravenscroft, the historic outfitter established in 1689. 

For Amadu, the celebration was also marked by absence. His father, who had walked beside him in the cattle fields and shared those early years of hard work, did not live to see his youngest son called to the Bar.

Yet for children still walking behind cattle in Asutsuare Junction, his return in wig and gown carries a powerful message: that humble beginnings need not become permanent boundaries.

Alhamdulillah, as he wrote — all praise is due to Allah!