REPUBLIC vs. THE HIGH COURT, SEKONDI EX PARTE: NANA BRAFO DADZIE II EBUSUAPANYIN S. K. OBENG & 3 ORS [2021]DLSC10812

REPUBLIC vs. THE HIGH COURT, SEKONDI EX PARTE: NANA BRAFO DADZIE II EBUSUAPANY... [2021]DLSC10812

Date	2021-05-26
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION NO. J5/35/2021
Citation No.	[2021]DLSC10812

DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING)

PWAMANG JSC

DORDZIE (MRS.) JSC

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC

KULENDI JSC

BAFFOUR DWUMAH FOR THE 2ND 3RD AND 4TH INTERESTED PARTIES.

GUSTAV ADDITINGTON FOR THE APPLICANT.

[2021]DLSC10812
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE HIGH COURT, SEKONDI<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE: NANA BRAFO DADZIE II<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>EBUSUAPANYIN S. K. OBENG &amp; 3 ORS<o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED
PARTIES)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<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;">

CIVIL MOTION
NO. J5/35/2021&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: 26TH MAY, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>BAFFOUR
DWUMAH FOR THE 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH INTERESTED
PARTIES.<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;">

GUSTAV
ADDITINGTON FOR THE APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>DOTSE JSC
(PRESIDING), PWAMANG JSC, DORDZIE (MRS.) JSC, PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC,
KULENDI JSC <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div>&nbsp;KULENDI JSC:-<o:p></o:p>Introduction:<o:p></o:p>This
is an application for an order of certiorari directed at the High Court 2,
Sekondi to remove into this court for the purpose of being quashed, all
proceedings in respect of Suit No.: E12/103/18 titled: EBUSUAPANYIN S.K OBENG
vrs. SHAMA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL &amp; 2 OTHERS, and a further order of
prohibition against the said High Court from continuing to hear the matter. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Before we
proceed to consider the contentions in this application, we wish to observe
that the parties described by the Applicant on the face of the motion as 2nd,
3rd, 4th and 5th Respondents ought to have been referred to as the 1st, 2nd,
3rd and 4th Interested Parties respectively. This error was correctly avoided
by counsel for the Interested Parties and we will follow the correct
description of the Interested Parties as such.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;APPLICANT’S CASE: 
 
<o:p></o:p>It is the
case of the Applicant that a chieftaincy matter entitled Ebusuapanyin Kwamina Ackon (Suing For and On Behalf of the Shama Gate
of the Ebiradze Family of Shama) Vrs S.K. Obeng (Ebusuapanyin of the Ebiradze
Family of Dompoase) was initiated on the 16th of August, 2013 by
Ebusuapanyin Kwamina Ackon at the Sharma Traditional Council against
Ebusuapanyin S.K. Obeng, the 1st Interested Party herein. In the
said suit, Ebusuapanyin Kwamina Ackon sought the following reliefs from the
Shama Traditional Council:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that it was the turn of the Shama
gate to nominate a candidate to occupy the stool of Konfeiku and<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order of perpetual injunction to restrain the
Defendant, his agents, assigns and family members from nominating, electing,
confining and installing anyone to mount the Konfeiku stool.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Pursuant
to this, the Shama Traditional Council (the 2nd Interested Party
herein) constituted a three-member Judicial Committee comprising the Applicant
as Chairman of the Panel and the 3rd and 4th Interested Parties as
Members to hear and determine the chieftaincy matter.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>It is th</main>