THE REPUBLIC vs. THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE SEKONDI TRADITIONAL COUNCIL, EX-PARTE: EBUSUAPANYIN OSOFO JOSHUA WILLIAM KWEKU DONKOR KWEIKUMA AND ACCRA, NANA BARIMA EKOW GYESA II EBUSUAPANYIN YAW BADU. NKROFUL AND FIJAI [2022]DLHC11651

THE REPUBLIC vs. THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE SEKONDI TRADITIONAL COUNCIL, EX-P... [2022]DLHC11651

Date	2022-06-06
Suit No.	SUIT NO: E9/17/22.
Citation No.	[2022]DLHC11651

HIS LORDSHIP DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE.

BAFFOUR DWUMOH FOR THE APPLICANT

NANA CONDUAH FOR THE INTERESTED PARTIES

EMMANUAL TSIBUAH FOR RESPONDENT

[2022]DLHC11651
																																						<div class="restriction-wrapper">
														<div class="container-lg">
															<div class="row">
																<div class="col-md-12 restricted-content">
																	<div class="restricted-content-img-wrapper">
																		<div class="lock-icon bounce-7">
																			<img class=""
																				src="https://www.dennislawgh.com/dl-assets/dl-images/lock-content.png"
																				alt="Subscription based content">
																		</div>
																	</div>
																	 
																		<a href="https://www.dennislawgh.com/login"
																		class="btn btn-primary btn-lg"
																		style="font-family: 'open sans'; text-transform: capitalize; border-radius: 8px"> 
																		Login to Read Full Case </a>
																	 
																	
																</div>
															</div>
														</div>
													</div>
													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE
JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE SEKONDI TRADITIONAL COUNCIL<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>EX-PARTE:<o:p></o:p>EBUSUAPANYIN
OSOFO JOSHUA WILLIAM KWEKU DONKOR<o:p></o:p>KWEIKUMA
AND ACCRA<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>NANA BARIMA
EKOW GYESA II<o:p></o:p>EBUSUAPANYIN
YAW BADU.<o:p></o:p>NKROFUL
AND FIJAI<o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED PARTIES)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, SEKONDI]<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;">

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>BAFFOUR DWUMOH FOR THE APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>NANA CONDUAH FOR THE 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;">

EMMANUAL
TSIBUAH FOR RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE.<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="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;The
background facts of this judicial review application are fairly simple and
incontrovertible.<o:p></o:p>On
the 27th day of January, 2021 the Interested Parties herein
instituted action against the Applicant herein before the Judicial Committee of
the Sekondi Traditional Council (Respondent herein) seeking the following
reliefs:&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the Defendant and his faction belong to the Royal Kokodo
Abantwewa Ebiradze Family of Ngeresia which is under the Essikado Paramountcy
and are not members of the Royal Kokodo Ebiradze Family of Fijai.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the Defendant and his faction have no capacity to challenge
the 1st Plaintiff’s installation as the Gazetted Chief of Fijai or to determine
who has a right to mount the stool of Fijai.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the Defendant’s attempts to challenge the installation and
gazetted chief of Fijai, that is, the 1st Plaintiff is contrary to the custom
and traditional practice of the Fijai Stool since the Fijai Stool belongs to
the Royal Kokodo Ebiradze Family of Fijai and not the Royal Kokodo Abantwewa
Ebiradze Family of Ngeresia.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
perpetual injunction restraining the Defendant and his faction, their agents,
servants etc from interfering with Fijai Stool affairs and the customary
functions and duties of the 1st Plaintiff as the gazetted Chief of Fijai.<o:p></o:p>Prior
to the aforesaid action, the Applicant herein issued a writ against the 1st
Interested Party herein and the National House of Chiefs at the High Court,
Sekondi. The said suit is titled: OSOFO
JOSHUA DONKOR VRS EGYA AMOH a.k.a. NANA EKOW GYESA II AND NATIONAL HOUSE OF
CHIEFS with suit number E12/28/2020.
In an amended writ filed on 29th April, 2020 the Plaintiff therein
is seeking the following reliefs against the Defendants therein:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order directing the National House of Chiefs to delete the name of the
Defendant from the National Register of Chiefs as the Chief of Fijai with the
stool name Ekow Gyesa II on grounds that;<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
entry of the Defendant’s name in the National Register of Chiefs was procured
through fraud.<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
entry of the Defendant’s name in the National Register of Chiefs was
conditioned on the satisfaction of Section 62 (2) of the Chieftaincy Act, 2008,
Act 759 but the Defendant did not satisfy that condition.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perpetual
Injunction restraining the Defendant from using the Extract or (Gazette from
the National House of Chiefs in any manner as the Chief of Fijai.<o:p></o:p>