THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH AND DROBO TRADITIONAL COUNCIL vs. KWADWO OSEI AND NANA AMPAABENG KYEREMEH [2012]DLCA3094

THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH AND DROBO TRADITIONAL COUNCIL vs. KWADWO OSEI AND N... [2012]DLCA3094

Date	2012-07-27
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/12/2011
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA3094

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

F.G. KORBIEH J.A.

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

MR. NKETIA APPRAKU

LED BY MR. W.Y. OPPONG

OBENG-MANU JNR. WITH HIM

OHENEWAA BOATENG

[2012]DLCA3094
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
CHURCH AND DROBO TRADITIONAL COUNCIL<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KWADWO OSEI AND NANA
AMPAABENG KYEREMEH<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. H1/12/2011&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 27TH
JULY, 2012<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>MR. NKETIA APPRAKU&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PLAINTIFF &amp;
CO-PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/ <o:p></o:p>LED BY MR. W.Y. OPPONG &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CROSS-APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>OBENG-MANU JNR. WITH HIM -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CO-DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/CROSS-<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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OHENEWAA
BOATENG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
RESPONDENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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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MARIAMA
OWUSU (MISS) J.A. (PRESIDING), F.G. KORBIEH J.A., IRENE C. DANQUAH (MS.) J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>IRENE
C DANQUAH JA; <o:p></o:p>The High Court,
Sunyani, in its judgment of 17th June, 2009 which is the subject
matter of this appeal and cross-appeal held as follows:<o:p></o:p>“The
ceding of Faago by Japekrom to Drobo was perhaps a specie of the latter’s
residual interest as a paramount stool from 1896 until 1981 in relation to
Japekrom and Bourkrom. With the creation of Japekrom as a paramountcy Drobo’s
residual interest in Japekrom and Kwasi Bourkrom has been completely extinguished.
In the same breath by ceding Faago to Drobo, Japekrom interest therein has been
completely extinguished. I therefore declare Co-Plaintiff owner of New Drobo
Township including the disputed plot No. 42 Block C. Similarly, I also declare
Co-Defendants owner of townships of Japekrom and Kwasi Buorkrom. Subject to the
foregoing declarations the claims of the Co-Plaintiff and Co-Defendants are
hereby dismissed.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The court further
held that:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “Notwithstanding
that the Plaintiff, Assemblies of God’s Church and the Defendant, <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kwadwo Osei did not testify in this
matter, for the avoidance of doubt and having <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; regards to the declaration of title
to New Drobo in favour of the Plaintiff. There shall &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; be no order as to cost.”<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied with
the said judgment, the Defendants and Co-Defendants appealed and the Plaintiff
and Co-Plaintiff cross-appealed.<o:p></o:p>In this appeal,
there was an original trial and a retrial of the action at the court below. Both
the original trial and retrial involved the Omanhene of Drobo Traditional Area
and the Assemblies of God Church on one side as Plaintiffs and the Chief of
Japekrom and a resident of Kwasibourkrom near Japekrom as Defendants. Since
both the Plaintiff and the Defendant are relying on the right of ownership of
their grantor stool namely, the Drobo Stool and the Japekrom Stool respectively
it would be appropriate to give a brief history of this matter. Until 1896 when
the British and the French colonialists in West Africa set a boundary between
their respective spheres of influence in West Africa, the Drobohene was not an
Omanhene. The Drobohene was an Adontenhene, a divisional chief of the Bonehene.
Japekrom and Kwasibourkrom were ordinary sub-chiefs within the Bono Kingdom
under the Bonohene. The boundary split the Bono Kingdom into two with part
falling within the French sphere of influence as part of Ivory Coast while
another part fell within the British sphere of influence as part of the Gold
Coast.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></</main>