LORD KEITH J.
This appeal, by final leave of the Ghana Court of appeal, arises out of matters relating to the destoolment of a former occupant of the stool of Adowsena, Ntiamoah Kofi III, and the enstoolment in his place of the appellant, Nana Owusu Ahenkora II, as Ohene of Adowsena.
The history of the matter is as follows. On the 1st September, 1952, the then Ohene, Ntiamoah Kofi III, was destooled by the Akim Kotoku State Council, the competent authority under the State Councils (Colony and Southern Togoland) Ordinance, 1952. The precise reason for his destoolment does not appear apart from an indication in one of the documents in the case that it was for purported infringement of some sacred custom. Following the destoolment the State Council ordered the properties belonging to the stool and the stool itself to be delivered up forthwith to the customary custodian, the Gyasehene of Adowsena, “until such time as a new chief will be elected”. After a variety of procedure in respect of t…