[2014]DLCA4551 • June 12, 2014 • Court of Appeal
THE REPUBLIC vs. THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF DENKYIRA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL EX PARTE: EBU. KWABENA AFOAKOH AND 3 OTHERS AND JOSEPH NKUAH MENSAH &NANA KWAA AKOSUAH, DENKYIRA
HONYENUGA, J.A. This is an appeal against the Judgment of the High Court, Cape Coast dated the 10th day of April, 2013. The said court granted an application for Judicial Review filed by the applicant/respondents. The facts of this appeal are that on the 19th September, 2011 the applicants/respondents issued a writ at the Judicial Committee of the Denkyira Traditional Council, the respondent/respondent herein against the Interested parties/appellants claiming as follows:- “a. An order for the annulment or setting aside of the purported nomination, election and enstoolment of the said MR. JOSEPH MENSAH @ KWABENA EBO, the defendant herein as the Chief or Odikro or Ohene of Nkotumso-Nkasawura within the Denkyira Traditional area in the Upper Denkyira Traditional District in the Central Region of the Republic of Ghana on the grounds stated in the statement of claim attached hereto. b. An order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant from acting and or parading or holding.....