NII NORTEY OWUO III vs. GA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL, NII DODOO NSAKI III, GREATER ACCRA REG. HOUSE OF CHIEFS, NATIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS AND NII OKWEI KINKA DOWUONA VI [2017]DLSC2507

NII NORTEY OWUO III vs. GA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL, NII DODOO NSAKI III, GREATER ACC... [2017]DLSC2507

Date	2017-01-25
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO:J4/40/2016
Citation No.	[2017]DLSC2507

ANIN YEBOAH JSC (PRESIDING)

BAFFOE- BONNIE JSC

BENIN JSC

APPAU JSC

PWAMANG JSC

W. A. N. ADUMUA - BOSSMAN WITH HIM NII BI AYIBONTEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.

KWAME FOSU GYEABOUR FOR THE 5TH DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT /RESPONDENT.

[2017]DLSC2507
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NII NORTEY OWUO III<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL,
NII DODOO NSAKI III, GREATER ACCRA REG. HOUSE OF CHIEFS, NATIONAL HOUSE OF
CHIEFS AND NII OKWEI KINKA DOWUONA VI<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
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mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 1.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">CIVIL APPEAL NO:J4/40/2016&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: 25TH JANUARY, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>W.
A. N. ADUMUA - BOSSMAN WITH HIM NII BI AYIBONTEY FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWAME
FOSU GYEABOUR FOR THE 5TH DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT /RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>ANIN
YEBOAH, JSC (PRESIDING) BAFFOE- BONNIE, JSC BENIN, JSC APPAU, JSC AND PWAMANG,
JSC<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC:-&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal against the ruling of the Court of Appeal delivered on the 25th
day of June 2015. For a better appreciation of the main issues in this appeal
let me attempt to set down in detail the facts giving rise to this appeal. <o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff/appellant/appellant, hereafter described as plaintiff, issued a writ
of summons against the 5 defendants, including Nii Okwei Kinka
Dowuona VI, hereafter described as 5th defendant/ respondent,
praying for <o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration firstly,
that the purported decision of the 1st defendant taken on or about
23rd August 2010 at an alleged Council meeting presided over by the
2nd defendant (concerning the forwarding to the 3rd
defendant of the Chieftaincy Declaration Forms of the 5th Defendant
for the purposes of procuring the insertion of the name of the 5th
defendant as the Osu Mantse in the National Register of chiefs by the 4th
Defendant, was a decision obtained by the fraud and collusion of the 2nd
defendant and 5th defendant OR ALTERNATIVELY by the fraud and
misrepresentation of the 2nd defendant alone.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration secondly,
that all steps taken by the 3rd defendant pursuant to its reception
and approval of the said decision forwarded to it by the 1st
defendant, and the consequential forwarding of the said Chieftaincy Declaration
Forms of the 5th defendant by the 3rd defendant to the 4th
defendant for the said purposes, were similarly null and void as tainted by the
said fraud and collusion OR the said fraud and misrepresentation of the 2nd
defendant and/or by the similar fraud and collusion of the 3rd
defendant and 5th&nbsp; defendant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration thirdly,
that all steps taken by the 4th defendant pursuant to its reception
and approval of the said decision of the 1st defendant, forwarded to
it by the 3rd defendant and the consequential recognition of the 5th
defendant as Osu Mantse by the 4th defendant’s&nbsp; unlawful insertion of his name as Osu Mantse
in the&nbsp; National Register of Chiefs
and/or otherwise unlawfully holding him out as Osu Mantse in the absence of any
proof that the plaintiff has been destooled and the Osu Stool thereby made
vacant to be filled by a successor Osu Mantse, are steps which are null and
void, and of no legal effect whatsoever.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><!--[if !supportLists]</main>