EDWARD WIREDU JSC
In two judgments dated 9 August 1990 the judicial committee of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs delivered its decisions in suits Nos GAR/P 3/84 and GAR/P3/85. The two suits were consolidated and tried together.
In suit No GAR/P3/85 one Nene Tei Djangmah IX and another in a petition challenged the status of one Samuel Narh Osroagbo alias Nene Osroagbo Djangmah II as the paramount chief of the Great Ningo Traditional Area. The judgment of the judicial committee in this suit dismissed the said petition and affirmed the status of Nene Osroagbo Djangmah II as the occupant of the paramount stool of the Great Ningo Traditional Area. An appeal against this decision by Nene Tei Djangmah IX to the National House of Chiefs could not be pursued because the petitionerappellants were unable to fulfill the conditions of appeal. Their application to the National House of Chiefs for extension of time within which to fulfill the appeal conditions was refused on 28 July 199…