THE REPUBLIC vs. AWULAE AMIHERE KPANYINLI III AND 8 ORS, EX-PARTE AWULAE KAKU ACKAH III [2021]DLHC11653

THE REPUBLIC vs. AWULAE AMIHERE KPANYINLI III AND 8 ORS, EX-PARTE AWULAE KAKU AC... [2021]DLHC11653

Date	2021-11-15
Suit No.	SUIT NO: E9/16/21
Citation No.	[2021]DLHC11653

HIS LORDSHIP DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE J.

ACKAH HIEMANS ESQ FOR MUJEEB RAHMAN AHMED ESQ FOR THE 1ST 2ND 3RD 5TH 6TH 7TH AND 9TH RESPONDENTS

BAFFOUR DWUMAH ESQ FOR THE 4TH AND 8TH RESPONDENTS

YAW ANOKYE FRIMPONG ESQ: FOR THE APPLICANT.

[2021]DLHC11653
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>AWULAE AMIHERE KPANYINLI III AND 8 ORS<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>EX-PARTE<o:p></o:p>AWULAE KAKU ACKAH III<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT,
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO: E9/16/21&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
15TH NOVEMBER 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>ACKAH HIEMANS ESQ FOR MUJEEB RAHMAN AHMED
ESQ, FOR THE 1ST, 2ND, 3RD, 5TH, 6TH,
7TH AND 9TH RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>BAFFOUR DWUMAH ESQ FOR THE 4TH AND
8TH RESPONDENTS<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: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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THE APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>&nbsp;This
ruling is in respect of a contempt application filed on behalf of the Applicant
herein against the Respondents herein. The Applicant is praying this Honourable
Court for an order for the committal of the bodies of the Respondents herein to
prison on grounds of having brought down the reputation of the Honourable Court
into disrepute. <o:p></o:p>Background Facts<o:p></o:p>The
background facts leading to this application are that, Awiaso, a town in the
Eastern Nzema District of the Western Region was elevated to Traditional Area (paramountcy)
status in the year 2009 and its first Omanhene was Awulae Kaku Ackah II known
in private life as Joseph Ackah. He was sworn as a member of the Western Region
House of Chiefs and remained a member till his demise in October 2013.<o:p></o:p>On
15th March, 2011, the 1st Respondent herein together with
another person brought an application for judicial review before the High
Court. The motion was titled:<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>VRS<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WESTERN REGION HOUSE OF CHIEFS<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NATIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; JOSEPH ACKAH (AWULAE K. ACKAH II)<o:p></o:p>EX-PARTE: 1. AWULAE AMIHERE
KPANYILI II<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NANA AWO NYAMA II<o:p></o:p>The
Suit Number was E9/12/13<o:p></o:p>By
the said Motion on Notice, the Applicants therei</main>