THE REPUBLIC vs. SEFWI WIASO TRADIOTNAL COUNCIL CHIEFS PALACE, SEFWI WIASO AND KOFI BOYE & 5 OTHERS EX PARTE NANA ADUA-PANYIN II [2018]DLCA4685

THE REPUBLIC vs. SEFWI WIASO TRADIOTNAL COUNCIL CHIEFS PALACE, SEFWI WIASO AND... [2018]DLCA4685

Date	2018-01-16
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/5/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4685

JUSTICE IRENE C. LARBI (MRS) J.A. (PRESIDING)

JUSTICE L. L. MENSAH J.A.

JUSTICE ANGELINA DOMAKYAAREH (MRS) J.A.

PAUL NKWA-GYAPONG ESQ. FOR INTERESTED PARTIES/APPELLANTS.

OHENEBA ADUSI-POKU ESQ. FOR APPLICANT/RESPONDENT.

[2018]DLCA4685
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SEFWI WIASO TRADIOTNAL COUNCIL CHIEFS PALACE, SEFWI WIASO<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>AND
KOFI BOYE &amp; 5 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED
PARTIES/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>EX
PARTE NANA ADUA-PANYIN II (APPLICANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/5/2018&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 16TH JANUARY 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>PAUL
NKWA-GYAPONG, ESQ. FOR INTERESTED PARTIES/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>JUSTICE
IRENE C. LARBI (MRS) J.A. (PRESIDING), JUSTICE L. L. MENSAH J.A., JUSTICE
ANGELINA DOMAKYAAREH (MRS) J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>L. L. MENSAH, J.A.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On
the 12th of November 2015, in her absence and without notice to her,
the Omanhene of the Sefwi Traditional Council Area, the two kingmakers, and
some members of the Traditional Council gathered in the palace of the Omanhene,
the 1st Interested Party/Appellant (hereinafter referred to as the 1st
Interested Party) and together with the other Appellants proclaimed publicly
that they had destooled the Applicant/Respondent (hereinafter referred to as
the Respondent) as the Queenmother of the Sefwi paramount stool.&nbsp; According to the gathering which purported to
be the Traditional Council, certain charges had been leveled against the Respondent
that under Sefwi custom, the said charges were such that the Respondent could
no longer govern the people of the traditional area with the 1st
Interested Party and his sub-chiefs.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According
to the Respondent, when the paramount stool of Sefwi was vacant, the choice
made by the Respondent was rejected by the kingmakers and in his place the
kingmakers installed the 1st Interested Party.&nbsp; A claimant to the stool filed a petition
before the Committee of the Western Regional House of Chiefs challenging the
position of the 1st Interested Party, which petition is still
pending.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Respondent was initially made a party to that petition but the petition was
discontinued against her.&nbsp; It is the
contention of the Respondent that because the Respondent was no longer on the
side of the 1st Interested Party and his supporters, they took the
decision to destool her without due regard to the law.&nbsp; On the said day, the Respondents performed
certain rituals which were purported to signify the destoolment of the Respondent.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Accompanying
the meeting of Respondents and the rituals is a proclamation which was
broadcast and captured on audio-visual device found at pages 9-11 of the record
of appeal.&nbsp; After the certified
transcription of the said audio-visual was brought to her attention, the
Respondent instituted an action at the High Court, Sekondi in the form of
judicial review under Order 55 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004,
C.I. 47 evoking the jurisdiction of the High Court with the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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An order of certiorari to bring up the
proceedings of the Respondent (Sefwi Wiaso Traditional Council) dated Thursday
the 12th day of November, 2015, purporting to destool the Applicant
as the Paramount Queenmother of the Sefwi Wiaso Traditional Area and quash same
as ultra vires.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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