THE REPUBLIC vs. NANA NTSIFUL @ PETER GYAABIN AND EBUSUAPANYIN KOFI NANTIE AND 3 OTHERS EX PARTE NANA KWABENA AMO II, CHIEF OF AKYEMPIM V

HONYENUGA, J.A. This appeal is about a chieftaincy dispute at Akyempim and it is against the judgment of the High Court, Tarkwa, dated the 4th day of February, 2011. The said court had granted an application for judicial review to wit certiorari brought by the applicant/respondent (hereinafter called the respondent) against the 1st respondent/appellant (hereinafter called the appellant) and the respondents/respondents. The facts of this appeal were that the respondent is the legitimate chief of Akyempim, having been recognized as such by a publication in the Local Government Bulletin dated the 28th October 2005. Without any destoolment charges having been filed against him at the Judicial Committee of the Traditional Council, the respondents/respondent at a family gathering purported to have destooled the respondent. No customary rites were performed and the alleged charges were communicated to the respondent through letters. Having thus destooled the respondent, the appellan...