REPUBLIC vs. ADA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL EX PARTE NENE OKUNNO II

The applicant herein sought for two reliefs, namely: “(a) An order of certiorari to have the order of Ada Traditional Council dated 2nd May, 1968 quashed. (b) An order prohibiting the said Traditional Council from hearing the charges of deposition filed against him by the complainant.” Briefly, the applicant herein is Nene Tsiatey Lanuer Okunno II, Divisional Chief of the Danmebiawe Division of Ada. The complainant, a member of Danmebiawe Division, believing that the applicant had committed certain customary offences, filed charges of deposition against him before the Ada Traditional Council. The applicant appeared before the said council and pleaded not liable to those charges. The traditional council then made an interlocutory order suspending the applicant as a chief pending the hearing of the said charges. The charges are yet to be gone into by the Ada Traditional Council. But, in the meantime, the applicant has brought the present application asking for the reliefs above...