REPUBLIC vs. AGBOKA VI; EX PARTE DEH III [1986]DLCA972

Date	1986-01-29
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1986]DLCA972

FRANCOIS J.S.C

EDWARD WIREDU J.A

OKAI J.

ARMSTRONG ACKUAKU FOR THE APPELLANT.

NO APPEARANCE BY OR FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[1986]DLCA972
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REPUBLIC <o:p></o:p>

{COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA} <o:p></o:p>

[1984-86] 1 GLR 581<o:p></o:p>

DATE:
29 JANUARY 1986<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ARMSTRONG
ACKUAKU FOR THE APPELLANT. <o:p></o:p>

NO
APPEARANCE BY OR FOR THE RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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FRANCOIS J.S.C., EDWARD WIREDU J.A. AND OKAI J.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF FRANCOIS J.S.C.<o:p></o:p>The
appellant occupied the senior divisional stool for the Leklebi Traditional Area
and was chief of Leklebi-Fiape at the time the matters complained of erupted.
He was then accused of violating the custom of his area by uttering sacred
oaths in a spree of irresponsible abandon. It was urged that the desecration of
the oaths amounted to a customary abdication and renunciation of the stool.
Consequently, the paramount chief of the Leklebi Traditional Area, Togbe Agboka
VI, the respondent herein, and his elders felt compelled to perform certain
rites which put the final seal on that act of renunciation.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Had
matters ended there, perhaps recourse would not have been had to the courts.
But the respondent sent a letter to the registrar of the Volta Regional House
of Chiefs, circulated to a number of other persons, intimating that the
appellant had ceased to occupy the Leklebi-Fiape stool and urging an amendment
of the chiefs’ register to delete the appellant’s name therefrom.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
appellant unsuccessfully sought an order of certiorari, as he put it “to quash
the proceedings and decision of Togbe Agboka, Paramount Chief of Leklebi
Traditional Area contained in a letter dated 24 January 1983 addressed to the
Registrar, Volta Regional House of Chiefs.” The letter was couched as follows:<o:p></o:p>“Office
of the Paramount Chief, <o:p></o:p>Leklebi
Traditional Area, <o:p></o:p>P.O. Box
10, <o:p></o:p>Leklebi
Duga. 24 January 1983. <o:p></o:p>Sir,<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Destoolment of Togbe Kwasi Deh III <o:p></o:p>Senior Divisional Chief of Leklebi Fiape <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And <o:p></o:p>His Deletion from the Register of Chiefs of Ghana<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On my own
behalf as the Paramount Chief of the Leklebi Traditional Area, and on behalf</main>