MRS. NANA KOMLA DIHIE III AND EDWARD TORDEY vs. NANA SOGLO ALLO IV AND THE REGISTRAR

KUSI-APPIAH, J.A.: By their writ filed on 31/8/2004 at the High Court, Ho, the plaintiffs/appellants, hereinafter called plaintiffs, claimed against the two defendants the following reliefs: “i. A declaration that the entry of the 1st defendant’s name in the Registrar of the National Registrar of Chiefs on the 13th day of July 2004 (i.e. SERIAL NO. 2454) as the OMANHENE/ OKAKPELE of the Likpe Traditional Area was procured by Fraud. ii. An order directed to the National House of Chiefs to expunge the said entry from the National Register of Chiefs and also cancel the subsequent EXTRACT dated 22nd July, 2004 on grounds that the said ENTRY is vitiated by fraud. iii. A perpetual injunction, restraining the 2nd defendant, its servants and agents from admitting the 1st defendant into Volta Regional House of Chiefs pending the determination of the petition against the 1st defendant now before the Judicial Committee of the VOLTA REGIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS.” The writ was accompa...