THE REPUBLIC vs. NANA OSEI BONSU ll, MAMPONGHENE EX PARTE: OBAAPANIN AFUA AMADIE [2007]DLSC2448

THE REPUBLIC vs. NANA OSEI BONSU ll, MAMPONGHENE EX PARTE: OBAAPANIN AFUA AMADI... [2007]DLSC2448

Date	2007-01-14
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/18/2006
Citation No.	[2007]DLSC2448

ATUGUBA J.S.C.(PRESIDING)

MRS. WOOD J.S.C.

BROBBEY J.S.C.

ANSAH J.S.C.

MRS. ADINYIRA J.S.C.

MR. THOMAS HUGHES FOR APPELLANT.

MR. KWASI AFRIFA FOR RESPONDENT.

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B0F0;mso-fareast-language:#0C00">THE&nbsp;REPUBLIC</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,serif;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B0F0;mso-fareast-language:#0C00">vs.</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,serif;
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12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B0F0;mso-fareast-language:#0C00">NANA
OSEI BONSU ll, MAMPONGHENE EX PARTE: OBAAPANIN AFUA AMADIE</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
color:#00B0F0;mso-fareast-language:#0C00"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">[SUPREME
COURT</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">, ACCRA</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">]</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/18/2006</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, serif;">&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;</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">DATE: 14TH JANUARY 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">MR. KWASI AFRIFA FOR RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">BROBBEY, J S C. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">This case started
when two contestants were vying to be installed as the queenmother of Asante
Mampong. One will be described as the nominee of the first appellant. The other
contestant was Nana Yaa Adwubi, the third respondent. The case of the
appellants was that first appellant’s nominee intimated to the Mamponghene, the
first respondent, that she was interested in being considered for installation
as the queenmother of Asante Mampong. When the nominee’s supporters realized
that the first respondent was bent on nominating the third respondent in
preference to her, they filed a petition in the Ashanti Regional House of
Chiefs asking for the following reliefs:</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 36pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><i><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">(a) A declaration that members of the Botase Royal
family are eligible to occupy both male and female stools of Mampong.</span></i><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 36pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><i><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">(b) A declaration that, without having taken a
decision on the application of the first appellant’s nominee, the first
respondent’s nomination of the third respondent as the queenmother of Mampong
was contrary to custom and void.</span></i><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 36pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><i><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">© A further declaration that adequate considera</main>