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ABDULAI AMIDU NYASU
V.
ALHAJI ABDULAI NANKPA (SUBST. BY ZAKARIA NANKPA) & ANOR

(2024) JELR 111534 (SC)

Supreme Court 14 Feb 2024 Ghana
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- This case involves an appeal against the decision of the Judicial Committee of the National House of Chiefs in Ghana. - The dispute is between the Gbanhaala family and the Cheberbala family, both from the Guivera Clan of Pulima in the Upp

Case Details

Suit Number:CHIEFTAINCY APPEAL NO. J2/01/2021
Judges:PWAMANG JSC (PRESIDING) LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC ASIEDU JSC
Counsel:BENJAMIN OSEI-BOATENG ESQ. FOR THE RESPONDENT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT; DR. STEPHEN K. SONDEM ESQ. FOR THE PETITIONERS /RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS.

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 …

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