APATU-PLANGE AG. J.
This is an application by Nana Akosua Sakyiraa II, queenmother of Akim Abuakwa Traditional Area, praying this court for an order of certiorari to quash the decision of the Akim Abuakwa Traditional Council which resulted in her summary destoolment. The application was vehemently opposed by the respondents.
Before proceeding to deal with the very determined and interesting arguments adduced by both sides, it will be necessary to outline in brief the events and circumstances that led to the present application.
On Monday, 2 August 1976, a meeting of all persons whose presence is requisite for the nomination of a new paramount chief for the Akim Abuakwa Traditional Area was convened at Ofori Panin Fie, Kibi, for the purpose of nominating a new Omanhene to succeed the late Nana Ofori-Atta III.
The applicant herein was one of such persons, and was present. In the course of the deliberations it became necessary for the applicant, as custom demands, to nominate the new Okyenh…