CHANCELLOR OPPONG KYEKYEKU KOHL (PLAINTIFF) vs. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, HON. ISAAC OSEI, OSAFO MARFO, GHANA HIGH COMMISSION, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECON. PLANNING (DEFENDANTS) [2011]DLHC7885

CHANCELLOR OPPONG KYEKYEKU KOHL (PLAINTIFF) vs. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, HON. ISAAC... [2011]DLHC7885

Date	2011-04-19
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BMISC 41/2011
Citation No.	[2011]DLHC7885

JUSTICE C. J. HONYENUGA J.A. SITTING AS AN ADDITIONAL HIGH COURT JUDGE

DR. J. E. OPPONG FOR THE PLAINTIFF

MR. GODFRED YEBOAH DAME FOR THE 3RD DEFENDANT

[2011]DLHC7885
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CHANCELLOR OPPONG KYEKYEKU KOHL<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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ATTORNEY-GENERAL, HON. ISAAC OSEI, OSAFO MARFO, GHANA HIGH COMMISSION, MINISTRY
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECON. PLANNING<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT (FAST TRACK DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO. BMISC 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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 19TH
APRIL, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>DR.
J. E. OPPONG FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
GODFRED YEBOAH DAME FOR THE 3RD DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUSTICE
C. J. HONYENUGA J.A. SITTING AS AN ADDITIONAL HIGH COURT JUDGE<o:p></o:p>

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</div>The Plaintiff caused a writ of summons to be
issued against the Defendants jointly and severally as follows:<o:p></o:p>“a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration that government of Ghana is
vicariously liable for all the wrongful acts committed by the Defendants in
their official positions while in government against the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration that the British Authorities
did pay the sum of £254,000.00 compensation to the Ghana High Commission and
the Ghana Government for onward transmission to the Plaintiff herein somewhere
on 15th November 2003.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration that the British Authorities
of the University of London gave LLB degree certificate to the Ghana High
Commission in London in their official capacities.<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration that a LLB (first class)
from the University of London, UK, and a total of £254,000.00 made up of <o:p></o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £154,000.00 for wrongful remand for the
cumulative period of five months both at Petonville prisons and Maudsley
Hospital in London from 30th October 2002 to 29th March,
2003 there was no psychiatric evidence and plaintiff had not committed any
offence, and<o:p></o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £100,000.00 for Administrative Error in
not adding the marks for the last questions he answered in the examinations for
five papers which made him top both external and internal university of London
graduate LLB examinations, belonging to the plaintiff have been illegally
withheld for the plaintiff and are in the custody or possession of the
defendants.<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration that by refusing or failing
to hand over the first class LLB Certificate and compensation, monies of £254,000.00
paid through the 2nd defendant in his capacity as Ghana High
Commissioner to the UK by the University of London, UK to the plaintiff herein
since 15th November 2003, they have unduly infringed upon his human
right and caused him great inconvenience and hardship.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>f.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration that the 3rd
defendant Mr. Osafo Marfo used his position as the then Minister of Finance and
Economic Planning of the Republic of Ghana to collude with the 2nd
defendant, the then Ghana High Commissioner to UK to cash the cheques totaling
£254,000.00 belonging to the plaintiff herein, and kept plaintiff’s LLB
Certificate for reasons best known to themselves.<o:p></o:p>g.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration that by the said unlawful
action of the Ghana High Commission, London and the State Officials involved,
the honour which the University of London sought to confer on plaintiff was
unlawfully taken away from him and made him destitute.<o:p></o:p>h.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration that as a citizen of Ghana,
these</main>