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AKWELEYFIO OKPELOR SOWAH AND TAWIAHFIO OKPELOR SOWAH
V.
NII ADJEI KATI AND 3 OTHERS

(2016) JELR 67627 (HC)

High Court 12 May 2016 Ghana
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- The applicant, Nii Okpelor Jacob Ablorh Mensah, filed a motion to join the suit as the 5th defendant. - The applicant claims to be the current head and lawful representative of the Okpelor Sowah Din family of Teshie. - The suit is based o

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Suit Number:SUIT NO. HRC54/15
Judges:A. M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS) J. A.

DOMAKYAAREH (MRS) J. A. Sitting as Additional High Court Judge.

1. Before the court is a Motion on Notice filed on behalf of the applicant herein on 5th August 2015 praying the court for an order to join the said applicant Nii Okpelor Jacob Ablorh Mensah as the 5th defendant to this suit.

2. The affidavit in support of the motion averred that:

• the applicant is the current head and lawful representative of the Okpelor Sowah Din family of Teshie;

• following a customary arbitration held on 27th March 2012, the applicant was made the substantive Head of the Okpelor Sowah Din family while the 4th defendant was recommended to be confirmed as the chief of Nmai Dzorn.

• the instant suit is founded on a claim that the 4th defendant has been appointed as the Head of the Okpelor Sowah Din Family.

• he the applicant will be adversely affected and bound by the outcome of the suit if he should sit by and watch the case go on

• his joining the suit will help unravel the controversy of who is the head of…

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