THE REPUBLIC vs. THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE BREMAN ASIKUMA TRADIOTIONAL COUNCIL EX PARTE; EBUSUAPANYIN KOW HINSON [2014]DLCA4552

THE REPUBLIC vs. THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE BREMAN ASIKUMA TRADIOTIONAL COUNC... [2014]DLCA4552

Date	2014-01-15
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. HI/04/14
Citation No.	[2014]DLCA4552

HONYENUGA J.A. (PRESIDING)

ADJEI

J.A.

ACKAH-YENSU (MS) J.A.

MISS BERTHA SMITH FOR THE APPELLANTS

MR. S. N. ADJEI FOR THE REPONDENTS

[2014]DLCA4552
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE BREMAN
ASIKUMA TRADIOTIONAL COUNCIL<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE; EBUSUAPANYIN
KOW HINSON (APPLICANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, CAPE COAST]<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.&nbsp; HI/04/14 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15TH
JANUARY, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MISS
BERTHA SMITH FOR THE APPELLANTS<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>HONYENUGA,
J.A. (PRESIDING), ADJEI, J.A., ACKAH-YENSU (MS), J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:
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</div>HONYENUGA, J.A.<o:p></o:p>This is
an appeal against the Ruling of the High Court, Cape Coast dated the 31st
day of March 2010.&nbsp; The said court
dismissed an application for judicial review in the nature of certiorari to
quash the decision of the Judicial Committee of the Breman Asikuma Traditional
Council and to prohibit it from further proceeding to hear a Chieftaincy
petition between the parties.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The facts
of this appeal are that there were two actions filed before the Breman Asikuma
Traditional Council.&nbsp; The first action
was entitled:-<o:p></o:p>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp; Ebusuapanyin
Kofi Etsiako &amp; Ors. V Ebusuapanyin Kwao Baffoe &amp; Ors.<o:p></o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp; Ebusuapanyin
Obodae Adjei &amp; Ors. V Ebusuapanyin Kow Hinson &amp; Mr. Lindsay<o:p></o:p>In the
first suit, the reliefs sought by the interested parties include a Declaration
that:<o:p></o:p>“a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; that the stool of
Amanfopong belong to the two sections of Breman Asikuma and Saltpond.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Both sections are
entitled to ascend to the Amanfopong stool”.<o:p></o:p>While the
proceedings were pending before the said Traditional Council, the respondents
in the suit filed an application at the High Court to prohibit the traditional
council from proceeding to hear the matter.&nbsp;
The High Court refused the application and an appeal was lodged against
the decision to the Court of Appeal.&nbsp; The
Court of Appeal differently constituted dismissed the appeal and affirmed the
decision of the High Court and further ordered that the suit be heard by the
Judicial Committee of the traditional Council which is exclusively charged to
hear the matter between the parties.&nbsp;
This court also observed that the appeal may be regarded as an attempt
by the appellant to prevent the interested parties from having a forum for
their complaint to be heard.&nbsp; In the
second action before the Breman Asikuma traditional council, the interested
parties sought a declaration inter alia:-<o:p></o:p>“(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that the
stool of Amanfopong belongs to the two (2) sections namely Breman Asikuma and
Saltpond.<o:p></o:p>(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that the
purported nomination, election and enstoolment of the 2nd respondent
be nullified as it was not performed customarily.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An injunction restraining the 2nd respondent from
acting or holding himself out as a chief of Breman Amanfopong”.<o:p></o:p>The suits
proceeded to hearing.&nbsp; The
petitioners/interested parties closed their case.&nbsp; The applicant/appellant opened his case but
could not complete it but used several means to delay the hearing so as to
achieve his target of filing the instant application for Judicial review.&nbsp; On the 31st day of March 2010, the
High Court dismissed the applicant/appellant’s application for Judicial review
which he had filed.&nbsp; With an order that
the applicant/ap</main>