REPUBLIC vs. FREMPONG II & ANOTHER; EX PARTE ABABIO II

The application is for an order for certiorari to quash the decision of Nana Frempong Mposo II of Effiduase and the elders of Nifa Divisional Council, purporting to destool the applicant as the Krontihene of Effiduase. The decision complained of is contained in the proceedings of the meeting of the said Nifa Divisional Council held at Effiduase on 20 August 1972. The brief facts of this case are that until August 1972, the applicant was the recognised Krontihene of Effiduase. On 20 August 1972 Nana Frempong Mposo II, the Effiduasehene (hereinafter referred to as the first respondent) and his elders, constituting themselves as the Nifa Divisional Council, met at the ahenfie to consider certain matters and to take decisions affecting the said division. In the course of their deliberations, an affidavit which was alleged to have been deposed to by the applicant some time ago in connection with a certain arbitration, was read. The said affidavit was not exhibited in the present applicat...