THE REPUBLIC vs. DR. KOFI ESSILFIE TAYLOR AND 6 OTHERS EX-PARTE: OPANIN KWAKU KYIKYlBI-GYAN

KUSI-APPIAH, J.A. This is an appeal from the decision of the High Court, Accra dated 5th day of May 1994 in which judgment was entered in favour of the applicant/respondent, now the Respondent against the respondents/appellants, now the Appellants. The facts relevant to this case are that on or about 10th June, 1976, one Kow Gyan Panin who claimed to be a royal from the Otuano Royal House of the Effutu Traditional Area and the predecessor in title of the Respondent in the present proceedings petitioned against the Tufuhene Ankwado and others who hailed from the Ayirebi Acquah House and were the predecessor in title of some of the appellants for: "1. A declaration that the Petitioner and the Royal House of Otuano are the only established institutional set-up entitled by custom to perform the rites for the destoolment of the Paramount Stool of Winneba, and 2. Perpetual Injunction restraining the Respondents therein (Tufuhene Ankwando and others) from interfering with the Petition...