ALHAJI ISSAH BUKAR, GBETOR NAA & ANOR. vs. MAHAMA BAYONG OF SUYIRI & 3 ORS.

AKAMBA, JSC This is an appeal from the decision of Judicial Committee of the National House of Chiefs (herein after simply NHC) which affirmed an earlier decision by the Judicial Committee of the Upper West Regional House of chiefs (simply referred to as UWRHC) against the petitioners/appellants/appellants herein in a dispute over who is the appropriate person under customary law of the Wala Traditional area to convene a meeting for the nomination and election of a Wa-Na. This chieftaincy dispute is one of the numerous such disputes that have plagued the Northern parts of our dear country over the years with the unpleasant consequence of sapping the energies and resources of whole communities which could have been spent in productive ventures. This case commenced by petition at the UWRHC in 2007. In between the time of filing in 2007 and the present appeal before us this 2014 what has been dissipated in the nature of financial resources and man hours, not to speak of the level of...