THE REPUBLIC vs. THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF GREATER ACCRA REGIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS, DODOWA, NII OKOPA DOKU III, NII AMARFIO AND NII TSURU KORKOR EX-PARTE: NII ADJETEY KRAKU III

LAMPTEY, J.A.; Sometime in 1983 Nii Okopa and two others filed a petition in chieftaincy at the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, Dodowa against Nii Amugi II described as Ga Mantse and 3 others. The said Nii Okopa and the 2 others are neither paramount chiefs nor divisional chiefs. Indeed apart from the Nii Amugi who is a Paramount Chief all the other parties to the petition are neither paramount chiefs nor divisional chiefs. In due course the Regional House of Chiefs empanelled three members of the House to hear and determine the petition. Hearing of the petition commenced before the panel without any objection whatsoever from any of the parties. However, in the course of the hearing a member of the Panel, Nii Kojo Ababio, was alleged to have made statements which in the opinion of the lawyer for Nii Kraku III disqualified that member from further participation in the hearing as a Panel member. Formal application was made to the panel requesting that member to politely withdra...