ABDULAI AMIDU NYASU vs. ALHAJI ABDULAI NANKPA AND ALHAJI BAWA GBANHA (SUBST. BY ZAKARIA NANKPA AND SUBST. BY ADAMU NANKPA) [2024]DLSC17455

ABDULAI AMIDU NYASU vs. ALHAJI ABDULAI NANKPA AND ALHAJI BAWA GBANHA (SUBST. BY... [2024]DLSC17455

Date	2024-02-14
Suit No.	CHIEFTAINCY APPEAL NO. J2/01/2021
Citation No.	[2024]DLSC17455

PWAMANG JSC (PRESIDING)

LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC

ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC

ASIEDU JSC

BENJAMIN OSEI-BOATENG ESQ

DR. STEPHEN K. SONDEM ESQ

[2024]DLSC17455
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ABDULAI
AMIDU NYASU<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ALHAJI ABDULAI NANKPA
AND ALHAJI BAWA GBANHA<o:p></o:p>(SUBST. BY ZAKARIA
NANKPA AND SUBST. BY ADAMU NANKPA)<o:p></o:p>(PETITIONERS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<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;">

CHIEFTAINCY
APPEAL NO. J2/01/2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:14TH FEBRUARY,
2024<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>BENJAMIN OSEI-BOATENG ESQ. FOR THE RESPONDENT/APPELLANT/
APPELLANT.<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;">

DR. STEPHEN K. SONDEM ESQ. FOR THE PETITIONERS /RESPONDENTS/ RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>PWAMANG JSC (PRESIDING)<o:p></o:p>LOVELACE-JOHNSON
(MS.) JSC <o:p></o:p>PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC <o:p></o:p>ACKAH-YENSU
(MS.) JSC<o:p></o:p>ASIEDU
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="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none;
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This
is an appeal by the respondents/appellants/appellants against the decision of
the Judicial Committee of the National
House of Chiefs
dated 23rd May, 2019, in which they<o:p></o:p>are seeking
to invoke the jurisdiction of this honourable Court under Article
131 (4) of the Constitution of Ghana, 1992 to have
the decision set aside.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Facts and Background<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The
petitioners and the respondents both hail from the same clan though from different
families within the clan, at Pulima in the Upper West Region. The&nbsp; &nbsp;respondent/appellant/appellant (hereinafter
referred to as appellant) hails from the Cheberbala family, and the petitioners/respondents/respondents
(hereinafter referred to as respondents), from the Gbanhaala family, both
families being different branches within the Guivera Clan of Pulima. The
petitioners’ case is that, upon the death of Kpunia Nankpa (then Kuoro of
Pulima) in the year 1998, Alhaji Abdulai Nankpa of the Gbanhanla family was
selected to succeed him. According to petitioners, 1st petitioner was nominated
by the Johotina (the land Priest) of Pulima and endorsed by the kingmakers
after which he was introduced to the Tumu Kuoro, the overlord Chief. They say
that on account of being an illiterate, Alhaji Abdulai Nankpa, decided to transfer his status as
enskinned Chief of Pulima to his
son, Mumuni Abdul Nankpa.<o:p></o:p>The
case of the appellant is that, upon the demise of Kpunia Nankpa, he, being qualified to succeed the deceased Chief
by reason of hailing from Cheberbala
family also of the Ganviera Clan, expressed his interest in occupying the skin to the Johotiina of Pulima (Mumuni Bayorbor,