THE REPUBLIC vs. NATIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS vs. EX-PARTE: ODENEHO AKROFA KRUKOKO II AND OSAGYEFO KWAMENA ENIMIL VI [2009]DLSC5032

THE REPUBLIC vs. NATIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS vs. EX-PARTE: ODENEHO AKROFA KRUKOKO... [2009]DLSC5032

Date	2009-12-02
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL J4/18/2009
Citation No.	[2009]DLSC5032

DR. DATE BAH J.S.C (PRESIDING)

OWUSU (MS) J.S.C

DOTSE J.S.C

ANIN YEBOAH J.S.C

BAFFOE-BONNIE J.S.C

ADUMUA BOSSMAN FOR THE APPELLANT

SIR DENNIS AGYEI FOR THE RESPONDENT

E. K. AMOAH-SEKYI FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY

[2009]DLSC5032
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NATIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EX-PARTE: ODENEHO
AKROFA KRUKOKO II<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>AND OSAGYEFO KWAMENA
ENIMIL VI (INTERESTED PARTY/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL J4/18/2009&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;2ND
DECEMBER, 2009<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ADUMUA
BOSSMAN FOR THE APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>SIR
DENNIS AGYEI FOR THE RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>DR.
DATE BAH J.S.C (PRESIDING), OWUSU (MS) J.S.C, DOTSE J.S.C, ANIN YEBOAH J.S.C,
BAFFOE-BONNIE J.S.C<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none;
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</div>DR. DATE-BAH JSC:-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>What
is before this Court is an appeal from proceedings that were initiated by an ex
parte motion for leave to apply for an order of mandamus which was heard at the
High Court, Kumasi. The motion was filed on 6th September 2004 and it
sought liberty to apply for an order of mandamus requiring the respondent,
namely the National House of Chiefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to delete from the National Register of Chiefs
the name and particulars of Osagyefo Kwamena Enimil VI as Omanhene of the Wassa
Fiase Traditional Area, And<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
to
re-instate in the said Register the name and particulars of the Applicant as
the Paramount Chief of the Wassa Fiase Traditional Area,<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>And for such further or other order as to this
Hon. Court may appear just or proper.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
applicant claims to be the Omanhene of the Wassa Fiase Traditional Area in the
Western Region.&nbsp; He deposed to an
affidavit in support of his motion in which he affirmed that he was enstooled
the Omanhene of that traditional area in June 1994 in accordance with custom
and usage.&nbsp; His name and particulars were
then duly recorded in the National Register of Chiefs by the National House of
Chiefs.&nbsp; In November 1994, two cousins of
the applicant brought a petition in the Western Region House of Chiefs
challenging his nomination as Omanhene.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The applicant’s affidavit evidence declared that this petition together
with an interim injunction restraining him from holding himself out as Omanhene
and President of the Wassa Fiase Traditional Council were never served on
him.&nbsp; Nevertheless, in May 1995, the
applicant together with his mother, the Queenmother, and all his kingmakers
were convicted of contempt by the High Court, Sekondi, for infringing the said
interim injunction.&nbsp; This conviction was
subsequently quashed by the Supreme Court in December 1995.&nbsp;&nbsp; In November 1998, the applicant was again
convicted of contempt of the Regional House of Chiefs by the High Court,
Sekondi, in respect of an incident involving his receiving an oath of
allegiance from a Divisional Chief.&nbsp; This
conviction was also set aside by the Court of Appeal in April 1999.&nbsp; Finally, the applicant was convicted by the
High Court, Sekondi, in April 2002 for continuing to hold himself out as
Omanhene in spite of the interim injunction of 1994.&nbsp; The applicant was sentenced to 14 days
imprisonment, without the option of a fine, and he served 14 days in the
Central Prison, Sekondi.&nbsp; &nbsp;Whilst the applicant was in prison, he was
informed that the Reverend William Chika Morgan had been nominated, elected and
installed as the new Omanhene of Wassa Fiase by persons who, according to the
applicant, had no right to do so.&nbsp; This
new Omanhene is Osagyefo Kwamena Enimil VI, the interested party in this suit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>