YAGBONWURA TUTUMBA BORE ISSAH I AND 5 OTHERS vs. BUIPEWURA ABDULAI MAHAMA JINAPOR II [2011]DLCA3097

YAGBONWURA TUTUMBA BORE ISSAH I AND 5 OTHERS vs. BUIPEWURA ABDULAI MAHAMA JINAPO... [2011]DLCA3097

Date	2011-12-22
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/41/2011
Citation No.	[2011]DLCA3097

MARIAMA OWUSU (MISS) J.A. (PRESIDING)

F.G. KORBIEH J.A.

IRENE C. DANQUAH (MS.) J.A.

DOUGLAS SEIDU ESQ WITH AMA ASENSO FOR THE RESP/APPELLANTS

ISSAH MOHMOUDU ESQ.FOR APPLICANT RESPONDENT.

[2011]DLCA3097
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >YAGBONWURA TUTUMBA BORE
ISSAH I AND 5 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>BUIPEWURA ABDULAI MAHAMA
JINAPOR II<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<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 NO. H1/41/2011&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 22ND
DECEMBER, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&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; <o:p></o:p>DOUGLAS SEIDU ESQ WITH AMA
ASENSO FOR THE RESP/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ISSAH
MOHMOUDU ESQ.FOR APPLICANT RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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MARIAMA
OWUSU (MISS) J.A. (PRESIDING), F.G. KORBIEH J.A., IRENE C. DANQUAH (MS.) J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>F.G.
KORBIEH, J.A.<o:p></o:p>A
summary of the facts leading to this appeal is as follows. On the 13/5/2010
there was a meeting of the Gonja Traditional Council at Damongo, the
traditional capital of the Gonja people. The applicant/respondent (hereinafter
only referred to as the respondent) attended that meeting in his capacity as
the Buipewura. In the course of the meeting a dispute arose between the respondent
and the Silmawura as to whether the respondent was indeed the Buipewura.
Tempers appear to have risen quite high and the meeting came to an abrupt end.
According to the respondents/appellants (hereinafter only referred to as the
appellants), the meeting so ended as a result of the fact that the respondent
had pulled out his pistol from his pocket while his aide had cocked a gun. The
very next day after the abortive meeting the respondent received a letter from
the Gonja Traditional Council in which the respondentwas (purportedly) removed
from office as the Buipewura. The respondent thereafter filed an application
for judicial review at the registry of the High Court in Tamale seeking the
following reliefs from that Court:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that the purported resolution
of some members of the Gonja Traditional Council (which was the 2nd
respondent in the application) and which included the 1stappellant
herein (i.e. the Yagbonwura) contained in the letter dated the 13/5/2010 and
addressed to the respondent herein was null and void for being in contravention
of the principles of natural justice, equity, good conscious and the constitutional
requirements for a fair hearing.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order of certiorari to quash the
decision of the 1st and 2ndappellants contained in the
letter dated 13/5/2010 purporting to “deskin” the applicant/respondent as the
Buipewura as well as the decision of the 1stappellant herein to
appoint the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6thappellants
to perform the functions of the Buipewura.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order of injunction to restrain the 1st
and 2nd appellants from purporting to “deskin” the respondent as
Buipewura as well as restrain the 3rd to 6th appellants
from performing any function of the Buipewura.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General damages.<o:p></o:p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;