JUDGMENT
PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC:
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 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.
Facts and Background
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 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 …