JUDGEMENT
Asare Korang JA. On 26 November 2003 Richard Apaloo J (as he then was) sitting in the High Court, Ho found the first, second, third and fourth respondent-appellants (hereinafter referred to as the appellants) guilty of contempt and fined each of them ¢l million or in default, a sentence of one month’s imprisonment. In addition, the respondents were each mulcted in costs of ¢300, 000 and bonded to be of good behaviour for twelve months, or in default, a sentence of three months’ imprisonment.
The contempt proceedings were founded upon a complaint by the applicant-respondents (hereinafter referred to as the respondents) that the appellants had, during the pendency and in defiance of three petitions challenging the purported nomination, election, installation and confinement of the fourth appellant in this appeal, Amega Patrick Agboada, and a motion for an order of interim injunction filed in addition to the first of the petitions, purported to outdoor the said Amega Patrick Agbo…