THE REPUBLIC vs. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE UPPER EAST REGIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS, THE RESIDENT, UPPER EAST REGIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS, PE DITUNDINI ADIALA AYAGITAM III, NAB AZAGSUK AZANTILOW II, PE OSCAR BATABI TIYIAMU II AND KENNETH ADABAYERI EX PARTE NAA BOHUGU MAHAMI ABDULAI SHERIGA

The Nayiri, the Paramount Chief of Mamprugu Traditional Area in the Northern Region, filed an application in the Registry of this court on 11th November, 2016 praying for an order committing the respondents therein for contempt of court. In paragraph 3 of the affidavit in support of the motion he described the respondents in the following terms: “... the 1st respondent is the Judicial Committee of the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs, the 2nd respondent is the President of the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs, the 3rd respondent is the Chairman of the 1st respondent, the 4th and 5th respondents are panel members of the 1st respondent while the 6th respondent is the lawyer assisting the 1st respondent”. After the 5th respondent/applicant, herein after referred to as the applicant, was served with the contempt application papers, he immediately filed a motion now under consideration on 17th November, 2016 under order 81 rule 2(1) of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 20...