REPUBLIC
V.
OMANHENE OF AHANTA TRADITIONAL AREA & OTHERS; EX PARTE KORKOR & OTHERS

TWUMASI J.: Some time in December 1982 the stool of Princess Town, subordinate to the Paramount Stool of Busua, fell vacant and it became necessary for the stool family to nominate a candidate to fill the vacancy. The second respondent nominated the third respondent and confined him for the purpose of outdooring him and installing him as the new chief. The applicants who claim to be the kingmakers, filed a petition before the Ahanta Traditional Council claiming that the third respondent’s nomination and confinement as the prospective chief of Princess Town infringed customary procedure in that the accredited kingmakers had not been consulted. While the action was pending before the judicial committee of the traditional council, the first respondent, Omanhene of the Ahanta Traditional Area, and the second respondent and others obtained a police permit to outdoor the third respondent. With the intervention of the Western Regional House of Chiefs, the police withdrew the permit. This was…