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ADZAKU
V.
GALENKU

(1973) JELR 64042 (HC)

High Court 19 Nov 1973 Ghana
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- This is an appeal from a judgment delivered by a District Magistrate Grade II in 1971. - The case involves a plaintiff who sought damages and an order to compel the defendant to perform certain ritual rites. - The magistrate found the def

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Judges:SARKODEE J.
Counsel:F. T. C. AMORIN FOR THE APPELLANT; E. D. K. ADJABENG FOR THE RESPONDENT.
Other Citations:[1974] 1 GLR 198

SARKODEE J.

This is an appeal from the judgment of his worship F. P. K. Avadetsi, Esquire, District Magistrate Grade II, Kpandu. The judgment was delivered on 4 March 1971.

The facts of the case so far as they are relevant to this appeal are that the Kpandu District Court Grade II by a judgment dated 10 April 1970 ordered one Kwaku Adegbe the defendant in that case to provide drinks and other items for the “redemption of the plaintiff’s life from the fetish called Golokoe.” Kwaku Adegbe had sworn the fetish on the plaintiff because the latter had given false evidence against him. After the judgment, the plaintiff in the present case and Adegbe went to the defendant, who was the priest of the Golokoe fetish. The priest outlined certain conditions which the plaintiff should fulfil before he performed the ritual. The plaintiff failed to perform his part of the bargain and so the defendant did not abate the possible effects of the fetish. The plaintiff said as a result he was put in perpetu…

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