THE REPUBLIC vs. ALICE ADEKPUITOR & 9 ORS EX-PARTE: ABAASON GERHARD OHENE & 2 ORS

JUDGMENT On 24 February 2022, the Applicants filed this application under Order 50 of the Rules of Court – (C.I. 47) - for an order of the court to punish the Respondents for disobeying the orders of the Court dated 14 December 2021. The said order gave the Applicants the right to the corpse of their deceased family member Gershon Doh Ohene and to conduct and organize his final funeral rites. The Respondents are the surviving spouse and children of the deceased including others, who according to the Applicants hijacked, in fact, forcibly took away the corpse of the deceased, buried him, and conducted the funeral of the deceased Gershon Doh Ohene contrary to the orders of the court dated 14 December 2021. The facts are that, following the death of Gershon Doh Ohene on 7 August 2021, the Applicants herein representing the head of the Ohene-Debrah Family of Dzolo- Gborgame and the siblings of the deceased on 16 November 2021 commenced a civil action in this court by a writ of summon.....