THE REPUBLIC vs. NANA KWAME KORANG IV EXPARTE NANA KWAME ASANTE KROBEA II

F.G. KORBIEH, J.A. The brief facts of the case leading to this appeal are the following: the applicant/appellant (hereinafter referred to simply as the appellant) was at all material times the Adontenhene of the Awuah-Odumase Traditional Area whilst the respondent/respondent (hereinafter referred to simply as the respondent) was at all material times the Omanhene of the same traditional area. In or around April, 2004 the appellant was suspended from office as Adontenhene by the traditional council of the afore-mentioned traditional area. The appellant therefore filed a petition at the Brong Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs praying for, among other things, an order of injunction restraining the respondent from interfering with the traditional functions of the appellant as Adontenhene or in any way assigning the functions of the appellant as Adontenhene to any other person pending the final determination of the suit. The appellant followed up this petition with an application for...