EBUSUAPANYIN KWA NANA vs. EBUSUAPANYIN KWAME APAA AND ANOTHER [1998]DLSC6161

Date	1998-02-04
Suit No.	CHIEFTAINCY APPEAL NO.2/90
Citation No.	[1998]DLSC6161

BAMFORD-ADDO (PRESIDING)

HAYFRON BENJAMIN J.S.C.

ACQUAH J.S.C

ATUGUBA J.S.C

AKUFFO J.S.C.

MR. AHENKORAH FOR APPELLANTS.

MISS SHILLA MINTAH HOLDING DR. SETH TWUM'S BRIEF FOR RESPONDENTS

[1998]DLSC6161
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EBUSUAPANYIN
KWA NANA <o:p></o:p>(PETITIONER/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EBUSUAPANYIN KWAME APAA
AND ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS/APPELLANTS/
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[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">CHIEFTAINCY APPEAL NO.2/90&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 4TH FEBRUARY, 1998<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR. AHENKORAH FOR
APPELLANTS. <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MISS
SHILLA MINTAH HOLDING DR. SETH TWUM'S BRIEF FOR RESPONDENTS <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
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(PRESIDING), HAYFRON BENJAMIN J.S.C., ACQUAH J.S.C, ATUGUBA J.S.C, AKUFFO
J.S.C.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>MRS. BAMFORD-ADDO, J.S.C.:<o:p></o:p>I
have had the privilege of reading in advance the judgment of my brother Acquah
J.S.C. and I agree entirely with him. I would however add my reasons in
support. This is appeal from the judgment of the Chieftaincy Tribunal of the
National House of Chiefs dated 14th September, 1984 allowing an appeal from a
judgment dated 25th September, 1981 of the Chieftaincy Tribunal of the Central
Regional House of Chiefs by the Petitioner/Appellants herein. The
Petitioner/Appellant petitioned of the Chieftaincy Tribunal of the Central
Regional House of Chiefs for the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p>a)
A declaration that the Royal Odandan Twidan family is the only Omanhene Stool
Family for the Gomoa Ajumako Paramount Stool. <o:p></o:p>b)
That the Royal Odandan Twidan Paramount Stool family is the only rightful body
capable of nominating candidate for enstoolment as the Omanhene of the Gomoa
Ajumako Traditional area. <o:p></o:p>c)
Defendants from interfering with the Paramount Stool or in any way arrogating
to themselves any powers for nomination of a candidate for enstoolment as an
Omanhene of the Gomoa Ajumako Traditional Area. <o:p></o:p>The
Defendant/Respondent denied that the petitioner was entitled to any of the
reliefs sought in his petition and averred that the nomination and enstoolment
of 2nd Defendant/Respondent was proper, since the family of the Respondents
owned the Paramount Stool of the Area. The Chieftaincy Tribunal of the Central
Regional House of Chiefs gave judgment in favour of the Petitioners and the
Defendant/Respondents appealed to the Chieftaincy Tribunal of the National
House of chiefs against the said judgment. The National House allowed the
Appeal holding that the Defendant/Respondents had established that the
paramountcy belongs to them and also concluding that succession to the
Paramount stool should continue to be between the two families namely Appellant
and Respondent. It is against this judgment that this appeal was brought by the
Petitioner/Appellant herein. According to history of Respondents their
ancestors migrated from Techiman in the Brong-Ahafo and first settled at
Mankessim and Gomoa Maim near present Essakyir. The migrants later split into
smaller units and one group headed by one Assan moved to the present Gomoa
Ajumako. That descendant of Assan became the first Omanhenes of Gomoa Ajumako
and that the paramountcy belongs to their family. The evidence is that during a
period of about 100 years the Appellants had enstooled nine Omanhene and the
Respondents has also enstooled 14 Apata Kofis' on the Odikro Stool of Pamadze.
The story of Respondents is that Kofi Apata I was the younger brother of Assan
who became Omanhene before the Krampahs' established their dynasty to the
Paramount stool. According to the evidence when certain wars flamed up Apata
Kofi I invited Krampah an affluent citizen of Gomoa to lead Gomoa Ajumako
people in war because he Apata Kofi was too old to go to war himself. That
Krampah died in a battle and his place was taken by his younger brother Krampah
Kuma who successfully prosecuted that war. That after the death of Apata Kofi
there were no adult royals from his family to succeed Apata Kofi so the sword
of state was given to Nyamful Krampah I to rule “temporarally” till an adult
royal emerges from Respondent’s family. That was a summary version of the
Respondents traditional history as to how the paramount stool “temporally” left
Apata Kofi family to the Krampah dynasty. The history of the Appellant was that
the Omanhene Stool belonged exclusively to his family the Odanodan Twidan
family because their ancestors were the original founders of Gomoa Ajumako and
traced his ancestry to Nana Krampah IX who occupied the Omanhene Stool when the
2nd Respondent Nana Apata Kofi XIV Odikro of Pomadze chall</main>