BARIKESO & 9 ORS AND ZANABU & FUSEINI [2000]DLCHRAJ5736

Date	2000-09-26
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/228/98/1936
Citation No.	[2000]DLCHRAJ5736

CHRIS A. OPOKU

[2000]DLCHRAJ5736
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color:#00B050">BARIKESO &amp; 9 ORS<o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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</div>COMMISSIONER:<o:p></o:p>CHRIS A. OPOKU DEPUTY CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
For: COMMISSIONER<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" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
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</div>In
their petition dated 15th June, 1998 the complainant, Barikeso Seidu and nine
others complained against the Respondent's mismanagement of the estate of their
deceased father.<o:p></o:p>The
Respondent in their response to the petition denied the claims of the
complainants in respect of the management of the estate consisting of a house
of eleven rooms into the petition in an at<o:p></o:p>Employing
it mediatory process the Commission commenced mediations into the petition in
an attempt to resolve the matter amicably. The proceedings were however
characterised by rancour, rendering impossible any prospects of an amicable
settlement.<o:p></o:p>In
the light of the fact that the petition is one which relates to administration
of an estate and also title to land, the Commission was constrained to advise
the parties to seek an order of partition from the courts. Following this
advise the complainants informed the Commission of their withdrawal of the
petition.<o:p></o:p>In
the circumstances the Commission invokes S.13 (b) of the Commission on Human
Rights and Administrative Justice Act, 1993 (Act 456) which states:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">Section 13(1) where in the
course of the investigation of any complaint it appears to the Commission<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(b) That having respond to
all the circumstances of the case, any further investigations is unnecessary,
it may refuse to investigate the matter further.<o:p></o:p>The
Commission accordingly ceases further investigations into the petition.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>

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