[2020]DLHC9251 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">SAYI NDAH (TUFUHENE), NANA ADJOBA ALIAS NANA ALEBA III (QUEENMOTHER OF ELUB) AND ELLUKO MOCHIA BULLU (EBUSUAPANYIN OF ELUBO)</span></b></span><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(</span></i></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">PLAINTIFFS<span class="NoSpacingChar">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">ANTHONY WIREDU (STYLING AND PARADING HIMSELF AS NANA NYANZU ANGOFI II) AND NATIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS</span></b></span><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(DEFENDANTS)</span></i></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">[<span class="NoSpacingChar">HIGH COURT</span>, SEKONDI]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">SUIT NO. E12/54/19 </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> DATE: 28<sup>TH </sup>FEBRUARY, 2020<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">SAMUEL ERICKSON ABEKAH FOR THE DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">BAFFOUR DWUMAH FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS]<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">P. BRIGHT MENSAH JUSTICE OF THE APPEAL SITTING AS AN ADDITIONAL HIGH COURT JUDGE<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">RULING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The plaintiffs named supra, mounted the instant suit by a writ of summons that was issued in the registry of this court on 22/03/2019, as against the defendants named herein, claiming the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> A declaration that the entry of the 1<sup>st</sup> defendant’s name in the nation-<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">al register of chiefs as the Chief of Elubo was procured by fraud.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height: 115%"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">2. setting aside of the entry of the 1<sup>st</sup> defendant’s name in the national<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height: 115%"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> register of chiefs as the Chief of Elubo as it was procured through fraud </span></i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height: 115%"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">3.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> an order directing the 2<sup>nd</sup> defendant to strike out the name of the<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">1<sup>st</sup> defendant from the national register of chiefs as the Chief of<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Elubo.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">At the close of pleadings, the lawyer for the Plaintiffs filed the issues stated hereunder for trial, namely:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> whether or not the defendant’s gazette was procured through<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">fraud<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">2.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">whether or not the plaintiffs are entitled to their claim.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="t