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THE REPUBLIC
V.
NATIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS KUMASI EXPARTE; ODENEHO AKROFA KRUKOKO II AND OSAGYEFO KWAMENA ENIMIL VI

(2013) JELR 68592 (SC)

Supreme Court 30 Jan 2013 Ghana
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- The applicant is seeking an interlocutory injunction to prevent the Interested Party from holding himself out as the Omanhene of Wassa Fiasse Traditional Area, a member of the Western Region House of Chiefs, and a member of the National H

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Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. J8/8/2013
Judges:ATUGUBA J.S.C. (PRESIDING), ADINYIRA (MRS.) J.S.C., BAFFOE-BONNIE J.S.C., GBADEGBE J.S.C., AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS.) J.S.C.
Counsel:W. A. N. ADUMUA BOSSMAN FOR THE APPLICANT; MRS. SYLVIA OPARE FOR THE RESPONDENT.,E. K. AMUA-SEKYI FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY

ATUGUBA, J.S.C.

The applicant moves this court for:

“an order of interlocutory injunction restraining the Interested Party/Respondent/Respondent herein from holding himself out in any manner whatsoever whether by himself, his servants, agents, privies whomsoever or otherwise howsoever, to be the Omanhene of Wassa Fiasse Traditional Area, and/or a member of the Western Region House of Chiefs, and/or a member of the National House of Chiefs, pending the hearing and determination of the said Applicant’s appeal ...”

The brief facts of this matter are that the applicant was destooled in 2002 as the Omanhene of Wassa Traditional Area consequent upon his committal to prison for contempt of court and the Interested Party was enstooled to replace him.

The applicant was also sued in the Western Regional House of Chiefs for inter alia, declaration and injunction that he was no longer the Omanhene of Wassa Fiase Traditional Area and should cease from posing as such Omanhene. The applicant did not fil…

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