THE REPUBLIC vs. NII KWAO OBUABASA II, HARRIET AKWELEY QUAO & 6 ORS

GYAESAYOR, JA The appellant/applicant in this appeal describes himself as the Mantse (Chief) of Kwabenya in the Greater Accra Region. His appeal is against the ruling of the High Court, Accra dated 23rd October, 2018. In that ruling, the High Court dismissed a contempt application brought by him to have the respondents punished for acts which he said amounted to contempt. He premised his claim on the fact that the respondents wilfully and intentionally disobeyed the orders of injunction placed on them by the judicial committee of the Greater Accra Traditional Council on 5th February 1982 and in 1994 in the case of a default judgment in the case of Numo Ayittey Cobblah & Ors vrs. Ayittey Abofu II and other. It is the case of the applicant/appellant (hereinafter called applicant) that the respondents are aware of his installation as Kwabenya Mantse following the publication of that fact in the Ghanaian Times i.e. exhibit ‘G’ and also in the local government bulletin. In spite...