REPUBLIC
V.
SAGOE II; EX PARTE BAFFO

(1987) JELR 69929 (HC)

High Court · 1 Aug 1987 · Ghana
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Other Citations

[1979] GLR 378

[1979] GLR 378-387

CORAM

OSEI-HWERE J.

Core Terms ^Beta

respondent

applicant

court

mankrado of kwaman

high court

chief of kwaman

counsel

motion

mankrado of agona kwaman

accredited mankrado of agona kwaman

nature of quo warranto

nana kwame sagoe ii

such mankrado

applicant’s counsel

applicant’s head

civil procedure

exhibit a.

nana opaaku yeboah v

administration of justice

agona nyakrom traditional council

akatanase twidan family of kwaman

cape coast

courts act

functions of mankrado of agona kwaman

honourable court

judicial committee of the nyakrom traditional council

parte motion

said judgment

argument of the application

conduct of the applicant

consequence of the said refusal of permission

copy of the said judgment

decision of the bobikuma native tribunal

first paragraph of nana baafo

full knowledge of the implications of that litigation

grant of the motion rests

judicial committee judgment

leave of the court

legal battle

majority decision

military tribunal

notice of this honourable court

order of mandamus

pertinent paragraphs

public institution

respondent’s counsel

respondent’s family

said action

support of the motion

traditional status quo

OSEI-HWERE J.: The applicant moves the court for an injunction in the nature of quo warranto to restrain the respondent, Nana Kwame Sagoe II, from exercising the functions of mankrado of Agona Kwaman; acting as such mankrado or calling himself such mankrado. The motion is backed by an affidavit of very pertinent paragraphs which I quote in extenso hereunder:

“(1) That I was customarily nominated and installed as mankrado of Agona Kwaman some time in March 1975.

(2) That in compliance with custom, a request was made to the chief of Kwaman for permission for me to swear the customary oath of allegiance before him.

(3) That contrary to custom this permission was refused by the chief of Kwaman.

(4) That in consequence of the said refusal of permission for me to swear before the chief, I brought action against the said chief, Nana Opaaku Yeboah V, before the judicial committed of the Agona Nyakrom Traditional Council. (5) That in the said action I claimed a declaration that I was the accred…

REPUBLIC V. SAGOE II; EX PARTE BAFFO

REPUBLIC
V.
SAGOE II; EX PARTE BAFFO