NANA YAW NTIM & ANOR vs. KINGSLEY CARLOS AHENKORAH & ANOR [2016]DLHC11837

Date	2016-06-10
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ 237/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC11837

HER LADYSHIP NOVISI AFUA ARYENE (MRS.)

BARBARA BANGFUDEM KUUDOGBME ESQ. FOR THADEUS SORY ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFFS

ADELADE KOBIRI ESQ; FOR KWASI BLAY ESQ; FOR 1ST DEFENDANT.

ANNIE EMEFA FIAWOO FOR ESQ. FOR FAIBILLE ESQ. FOR 2ND DEFENDANT

[2016]DLHC11837
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA YAW NTIM &amp; ANOR <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>KINGSLEY CARLOS
AHENKORAH &amp; ANOR <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

</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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">BARBARA BANGFUDEM&nbsp; KUUDOGBME ESQ.
FOR&nbsp;&nbsp; THADEUS SORY
ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFFS<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">ANNIE EMEFA
FIAWOO FOR ESQ. FOR FAIBILLE
ESQ. FOR 2ND&nbsp; DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP NOVISI
AFUA ARYENE (MRS.) <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>Plaintiffs and 1st
defendant are members of the New Patriotic Party, the 2nd defendant
herein (hereinafter referred to as The Party). At a meeting of the Party’s
National Executive Committee (NEC) on 23rd of March 2015, an
affirmative action was taken to allow only Ga Indigenes to contest
parliamentary seats in coastal areas within the Greater Accra Region including
the Tema West Constituency. The rationale was to address complaints of the Ga
voters, ensure ethnic balance and make the Party more attractive to Ga voters.
In furtherance of this and other decisions, guidelines were issued for the
conduct of the Party’s Parliamentary primaries.<o:p></o:p>In the Tema West Constituency, the
following aspiring candidates were vetted by the Party’s Constituency Vetting
Committee: the incumbent Member of Parliament, Hon. Irene Naa Torshie Addo, 1st
defendant and Mrs. Adjoa Amoako. 1st defendant and Mrs. Amoako were
disqualified by the vetting committee on grounds of being non-Ga indigenes.
Dissatisfied, 1st defendant appealed to the Party’s Regional Vetting
Appeals Board and the decision of the constituency vetting committee was
overturned. Dissatisfied, plaintiffs herein together with some others appealed
to the National Appeals Committee of the Party who upheld the decision of the
Regional Vetting Appeals Board.
Having been cleared by the Party, 1st defendant contested the
primaries in the Tema West Constituency and won.<o:p></o:p>It is plaintiffs’ case that the
decision of the National Appeals Committee to permit a non-Ga to contest the
primaries, amounted to a variation of the guidelines given by the NEC and was
therefore void. And that per the Party’s Constitution, the NEC was responsible
for directing and overseeing the Party’s operations and activities and in performing
its functions, was subject only to the National Council. Therefore by varying
the guidelines without reference to the National Council, both the National
Appeals </s</main>