THE REPUBLIC vs. THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF VOLTA REGION HOUSE OF CHIEFS EX-PARTE: TOGBE AFENDZA III, TOGBE STEPHEN KWASI DZAKPA AND TOGBE ZU I LONGINUS AGBODRA (ZIKPUITOR) AND 7 OTHERS

APALOO JA; This is an appeal from the decision of the High Court Ho dated 19th February 2010. As to part of the decision complained of, the Appellants stated that “so much of the judgment as dismissed the application for the grant of an order of prohibition against the Respondents, the Judicial Committee of the Volta Region House of Chiefs”. The Applicants/Appellants had invoked the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court for; (1) An order of certiorari to quash certain orders of the Respondent House awarding costs against them and (2) An order of prohibition, prohibiting the Respondent House from Hearing and determining the Chieftaincy matter titled Togbe Afendza III and 2 Others Vrs Longinus Agbodra & 7 Others pending before it on grounds of bias and impartiality on the part of its Legal Counsel in the person of Mr. Kodzo-Kumah Dzanku. The earlier part of the judgment had granted the Appellants’ motion for an order of certiorari. The facts leading to the applicat...