NENYI KOBINA ANDAKWEI IV (SUBSTITUTED BY NENYI KWAME KOTSIA IV) AND 3 OTHERS vs. KOW LARBIE @ KOBINA ABAKA II (SUBSTITUTED BY NENYI KOBINA AFFIR) AND 3 OTHERS [2018]DLSC183

NENYI KOBINA ANDAKWEI IV (SUBSTITUTED BY NENYI KWAME KOTSIA IV) AND 3 OTHERS vs.... [2018]DLSC183

Date	2018-07-18
Suit No.	CHIEFTAINCY APPEAL NO.: J2/03/2017
Citation No.	[2018]DLSC183

DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING)

YEBOAH JSC

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

APPAU JSC

PWAMANG JSC

BRIGHT AKWETEY FOR THE PETITIONERS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS

YAW BOAFO WITH HIM FRANK PINTO AMARTEY FOR THE RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS

[2018]DLSC183
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NENYI KOBINA ANDAKWEI IV
(SUBSTITUTED BY NENYI KWAME KOTSIA IV) AND 3 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KOW LARBIE @ KOBINA ABAKA II
(SUBSTITUTED BY NENYI KOBINA AFFIR) AND 3 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CHIEFTAINCY&nbsp; APPEAL NO.: J2/03/2017&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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:
18TH JULY, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>BRIGHT AKWETEY FOR THE
PETITIONERS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS.<div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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YAW BOAFO WITH HIM FRANK PINTO AMARTEY FOR THE
RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>DOTSE JSC
(PRESIDING), YEBOAH JSC, BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC, APPAU JSC, AND PWAMANG JSC_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>BAFFOE-BONNIE, JSC:-<o:p></o:p>The
case before us is an appeal by the petitioners/appellants/appellants,
hereafter, referred to as petitioners, against the decision of the Judicial
Committee of the National House of Chiefs confirming the majority decision of
the Central Regional House of Chiefs. The said decision was in favour of the
respondents/respondents/respondents, hereafter referred to as respondents. <o:p></o:p>The facts of the case are as follows: <o:p></o:p>The Petitioners and Respondents are all subjects
of the Senya Beraku Stool with Nenyi Kweku Issiw VI as their Paramount Chief.
In Senya Bereku there are two Kingmakers, namely, the Asafo Company No. 1 and
No. 2. The petitioners are from the Asafo Company No. 2, while the respondents
are from the Asafo Company No 1. Nenyi Kwaku Issiw VI is from the Asafo Company
No 2.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;In November
1992, Nenyi Kwaku Issiw VI left the jurisdiction of Ghana leading to the
appointment of the 1st Petitioner as the Regent and Acting President of the
Senya Beraku Traditional Council. In February 1993, the 3rd Respondent brought
a petition against Nenyi Kweku Issiw VI seeking to destool him as the Paramount
Chief of Senya Beraku. Nenyi Kwaku Issiw VI on the grounds that at the time of
the petition, Nenyi Issiw V1 had jumped bail and was considered a fugitive of
the law. That petition was unsuccessful. Subsequently, in March 1994 the 3rd
Respondents brought another petition to destool Nenyi Issiw V1. This action was
discontinued. After the discontinuance of the 2nd petition, the 1st,
2nd and 3rd Respondents herein, claiming to be Kingmakers from Asafo Company
No1, nominated and installed the 4th Respondent as Paramount Chief of Senya
Bereku without regard to the Asafo Company No 2. They claimed that at the time
of the installation of Nenyi Kwaku Issiw VI who was from the Asafo Company No 2
they did not participate and therefore a precedent had been set that one
faction alone could install a chief. Peeved by the action of the Respondents,
the petitioners initiated an action in the Judicial Committee of the Central
Regional House of Chiefs (Cape Coast) challenging the enstoolment of the 4th
Respondent on the grounds that Nenyi Kweku Issiw VI is still the lawfully
installed and recognized Paramount Chief who has neither abdicated nor been
destooled. The Judicial Committee, held that Nenyi Kweku Issiw IV, by fleeing
his jurisdiction and evading arrest, had abandoned the stool. They also upheld
the claim of the Respondents that one faction could install a chief. The
Petitioners’ appeal to the National House of Chiefs was dismissed and the
decision of the Regional House of Chiefs (Cape Coast) was upheld. In August
2013, Nenyi Kwaku Issiw IV returned to Ghana. The Petitioners have brought this
appeal against the decision of the Judicial Committee of the National House of
Chiefs on the sole ground that the judgment cannot be supported having regard
to the evidence adduced at the trial. <o:p></o:p>Where an appellant argues that a judgment cannot
be supported having regard to the evidence on record, an appellate court is
under an obligation to examine the findings of fact of the court below to
determine whether those findings can be supported by the evidence on record.
Where the findings of fact are inconsistent with the evidence on record, the
appellate court has a duty</main>