THE REPUBLIC vs. EBUSUAPANYIN KWESI YEDU , EXPARTE: EBUSUAPANYIN KWESI TSIM [2017]DLHC11943

Date	2017-09-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO. E12 /05/18
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC11943

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE PATIENCE-MILLS TETTEH

FREDERICK SELBY FOR THE RESPONDENT

O.K. IMBEAH FOR APPLICANT

[2017]DLHC11943
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC <o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EBUSUAPANYIN KWESI YEDU<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>EXPARTE:<o:p></o:p>EBUSUAPANYIN KWESI TSIM <o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

SUIT
NO. E12 /05/18&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
26TH&nbsp;SEPTEMBER 2017<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;&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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

FREDERICK SELBY FOR
THE RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE PATIENCE-MILLS TETTEH<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 0in;">

RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>This is an
application to cite the respondent herein Ebusuapanyin Kwesi
Yedu for contempt of court and to commit him to prison.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The
case of the applicant is that the respondent and two other persons instituted
an action in the circuit court Agona Swedru against him and Nana Otsew Adabraku
V, which case was settled by court connected ADR. The parties according to the
applicant signed the terms of settlement. The applicant stated that the consent
judgment entered by the court had a consequential Order which Order directed the parties to be bound
by the agreement dated 07/04/14 and according to the applicant this consent
judgment was read and interpreted to the hearing and understanding of all parties
however after the judgment
the respondent has been holding himself as the sole owner of the disputed land
described in the writ of summons and situated at Mankoadze. The respondent
according to the applicant has also made
a public announcement on a public address system in the Mankoadze area that he
has been declared the owner of the disputed land and that if anyone wanted land
he should come to him, and the respondent according to the applicant has since then been alienating and or selling portions of the disputed land without the knowledge and
consent of the head of the family, and also without the consent, knowledge and
authority of the persons nominated by the parties at the ADR to represent the
families concerning the land in dispute.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It
is part of the case of the applicant that some individuals who purchased
portions of the land in dispute without the consent of the seven persons
nominated by the settlement have started developing the land. He gave the names
of purchasers of the land in dispute as Kwame Kum, Bondam, Mc Arthur, Esi
Bentsiba, Kwesi Neku and Eku and
concluded that by his conduct, the respondent has willfully disobeyed the court
order by dealing with the disputed land without consulting the interim
committee and must therefore be cited for contempt.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The
respondent in opposing this application stated that the persons nominated by
the consent judgment of 28th October 2014 to represent the family
concerning the land were only subject to installation of the Darkurohene. It is
the case of the respondent that the late Forson was selected as Darkrohene and
George Ocran (Nana Adabrakum II) introduced him to the Omanhene of Gomoa
Ajumako Traditional Council. According to the respondent soon after the
introduction the Darkrohene was taken ill and requested that a few plots be sold to pay his hospital bills. It is part of the case of the res</main>