REPUBLIC vs. CHIEFTAINCY COMMITTEE ON WIAMOASEHENE STOOL AFFAIRS; EX PARTE OPPONG KWAME AND ANOTHER

This is a hotly contested application for an order of certiorari in respect of certain steps taken by various bodies in the proceedings concerning the destoolment of Nana Pim Owusu Ansah, one-time Wiamoasehene, in the Agona traditional Area, Ashanti. The bodies concerned are the Agona Traditional Council, the Chieftaincy Committee presided over by Mr. Justice Siriboe, the Chieftaincy Secretariat and the National Liberation Council. The applicants are Nana Oppong Kwame, who claims to be the Wiamoasehene, and Obaapanin Adjoa Amponsah, Queenmother of Wiamoase. The respondents are the Committee on Wiamoase stool affairs, Chieftaincy Secretariat, the Attorney-General and Nana Pim Owusu Ansah in respect of whose destoolment these protracted proceedings originated. The facts of this case can be found in the numerous affidavits and statements filed in support of this application. In May 1968, Obaapanin Adjoa Amponsah lodged a complaint against Okyiame Panin of Wiamoase at the Agona (Ashanti...