THE REPUBLIC vs. ALICE ADEKPUITOR & 9 ORS EX-PARTE: ABAASON GERHARD OHENE & 2 ORS [2023]DLHC16973

THE REPUBLIC vs. ALICE ADEKPUITOR & 9 ORS EX-PARTE: ABAASON GERHARD OHENE & 2 O... [2023]DLHC16973

Date	2023-04-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO. E12/49/2022
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16973

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE GEORGE BUADI

NAA DJAMAH AYIKOI OTOO

[2023]DLHC16973
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

(RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH
COURT, HO]<o:p></o:p>

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<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SUIT NO. E12/49/2022&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 27TH
&nbsp;APRIL 2023<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

NAA DJAMAH AYIKOI OTOO FOR
PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE GEORGE
BUADI <o:p></o:p>

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

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On
24 February 2022, the Applicants filed this application under Order 50 of the Rules of Court – (C.I. 47) - for an order of the court to punish the Respondents for disobeying the
orders of the Court dated 14 December 2021. The said order gave the Applicants
the right to the corpse of their deceased family member Gershon Doh Ohene and to conduct and organize his final funeral
rites. The Respondents are the surviving spouse and children of the deceased
including others, who according to the Applicants hijacked, in fact, forcibly
took away the corpse of the deceased, buried him, and conducted the funeral of
the deceased Gershon Doh Ohene contrary to the orders of the court dated 14
December 2021.<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;

The facts are that,
following the death of Gershon Doh Ohene on 7 August 2021, the Applicants herein representing the head of the Ohene-Debrah Family of Dzolo- Gborgame and the siblings of the
deceased on 16 November 2021 commenced a civil
action in this court
by a writ of summons
against the 1st and 2nd Respondents
who are the surviving spouse and the son of the deceased
for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>

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A declaration that the Ohene-Debrah Family
[of Dzolo-Gborgame] is the right </main>