ZAKARIA vs. NYIMAKAN [2003]DLSC16010

Date	2003-01-15
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2003]DLSC16010

EDWARD WIREDU CJ

ACQUAH JSC

SOPHIA AKUFFO JSC

AFREH JSC

TWUM JSC.

E O APPIAH WITH HIM K MU.RNH FOR THE APPLICANT

KWAKU BAAH FOR THE RESPONDENT

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ZAKARIA<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NYIMAKAN<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT,
ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>(2003-2004) SCGLR<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

(CM 73/2003)&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: 15TH JANUARY 2003<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

E O APPIAH WITH HIM K
MU.RNH FOR THE APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>EDWARD WIREDU CJ, ACQUAH JSC, SOPHIA AKUFFO JSC,AFREH JSC, TWUM JSC.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in;">

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</div>&nbsp;TWUM JSC
delivered
the ruling of the majority of the court. On 7
December 2000, general elections were held in the country. After the
results were declared, Mr Fuseini Zakaria, a registered voter in the Wulensi Constituency (hereinafter referred to as the respondent), filed a
petition under article 99( I) of the Constitution of Ghana, 1992 and the Representation of the
People Law, 1992 (PN DCL 284), in the High Court, Tamale praying for
a declaration that the election of the appellant, Mr Samuel Nyimakan, was void as he was not qualified to be so elected as a Member of Parliament for the
Wulensi Constituency.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;After a full trial at which evidence, both oral and documentary were taken, the High Court, presided
over by Aninakwah J (as
he then was), delivered its judgment on 6 July 200 l, upholding the petition. The court
held that the appellant was not qualified at the time of the election,
to be elected a Member of
Parliament for the Wulensi Constituency. Consequently, his purported
election was void. The appellant
appealed against the judgment to the Court of Appeal on the same day
that the High Court delivered
its judgment. By a unanimous judgment, the Court of
Appeal dismissed the appeal on 12 April 2002. The appellant filed yet
another appeal to this court on 16
April 2002.<o:p></o:p>