ABUSUAPANIN EMMANUEL OFORI-ATTA vs. NEWMONT GOLDEN RIDGE LTD AND OTHERS

Plaintiff/Applicant by this application seeks for an order of interlocutory injunction to restrain the 1st Defendant/Respondent from paying any royalties to any person or group of persons, including chiefs and queen mothers, until the final determination of the suit. In an affidavit sworn to by the plaintiff, Abusuapanin Emmanuel Ofori-Atta, claiming to be the head of the royal Agona family of Akyem Kotoku claim that per his writ issued out of the Registry of the court he has sought among others, the reliefs of an order to restrain Newmont Golden Ridge from paying any royalties realized from mining of gold or any other mineral to any person or group of persons including chiefs and queen mothers and a further order for the payment of the royalties to the Agona royal family or its lawful representative. To Plaintiff/Applicant what has ignited the present application is what he deems to be indication by the defendant to pay royalties to some individuals in respect of the lands for Aky...