REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT, BOLGATANGA AND ANOTHER; EX PARTE HAWA YAKUBU [2001]DLSC1248

Date	2001-01-24
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2001]DLSC1248

EDWARD WIREDU AG CJ JSC

ADJABENG JSC

ACQUAH JSC

ATUGUBA JSC

AKUFFO JSC

LAMPTEY JSC

ADZOE JSC

NANA AKUFO-ADDO (WITH HIM PHILIP ADDISON AND MISS YVONNE OSEI GYAU) FOR THE APPLICANT.

KWAKU BAAH (WITH HIM JAMES B KABA) FOR THE SECOND RESPONDENT-PETITIONER.

J B QUASHIE-IDUN FOR THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION.

[2001]DLSC1248
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color:#00B0F0">REPUBLIC<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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color:#00B0F0">HIGH COURT, BOLGATANGA AND ANOTHER; EX PARTE HAWA YAKUBU<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[2001-2002]
1 GLR 311<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="right" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:right;
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">Date: 24 JANUARY 2001<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NANA
AKUFO-ADDO (WITH HIM PHILIP ADDISON AND MISS YVONNE OSEI GYAU) FOR THE
APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p>KWAKU
BAAH (WITH HIM JAMES B KABA) FOR THE SECOND RESPONDENT-PETITIONER.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">

J B
QUASHIE-IDUN FOR THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION.
<o:p></o:p>

EDWARD
WIREDU AG CJ, ADJABENG, ACQUAH, ATUGUBA, AKUFFO, LAMPTEY AND ADZOE JJSC<o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>Acquah JSC. <o:p></o:p>Delivered
the judgment of the court. On Tuesday, 15 January 2001 we unanimously granted
the prayer of Madam Hawa Yakubu, the applicant herein, to quash the proceedings
and order of the High Court, Bolgatanga in Fati Seidu v Hawa Yakubu, High
Court, Bolgatanga, 6 January 2001, unreported. We reserved our reasons which we
now proceed to deliver.<o:p></o:p>Madam
Hawa Yakubu and Madam Hajia Fati Seidu were two of the candidates that
contested in the 7 December 2000 parliamentary elections for the Bawku Central
Constituency. Madam Hawa Yakubu stood on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party
(NPP), while Madam Hajia Fati Seidu was the National Democratic Congress (NDC)
candidate. In all there were 151 polling stations in that constituency. The
result of the votes counted showed Madam Hawa Yakubu winning that parliamentary
seat. Thereafter, Madam Hajia Fati Seidu filed a petition at the High Court,
Bolgatanga, against Madam Hawa Yakubu as the first respondent; the Electoral
Commission as the second respondent and the Attorney-General as the third
respondent, for:<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:
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An order of the honourable court directing an examina-tion of all votes cast
for the parliamentary elections in all the 151 polling stations of the Bawku
Constituency and in particular to order a scrutiny of the votes of the four
polling stations that were not accounted for on 7 and 8 December 2000. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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A declaration by the court that the petitioner had majority of all lawful votes
cast for the parliamentary elections in the Bawku Central Constituency
conducted on 7 December 2000. <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:
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A perpetual injunction restraining the first respondent from styling and/or
holding out herself as the duly elected member of Parliament for the Bawku
Central Constituency and more particularly, from taking up a seat in Parliament
and participating in any proceedings of Parliament. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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A perpetual injunction restraining the second res</main>