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THE REPUBLIC
V.
THE ADA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL AND SAMUEL ATTEH AGGUDEY

(2017) JELR 65771 (CA)

Court of Appeal 7 Dec 2017 Ghana
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- The case involves a dispute over who should ascend the Mankralo Stool of Ada. - The parties submitted to arbitration and an award was delivered stating that the position should be rotated between the families of the two parties. - The 1st

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Suit Number:SUIT NO. H1/151/17
Judges:ADUAMA OSEI J.A. (PRESIDING), WELBOURNE (MRS) J.A., KWOFIE JA
Counsel:COUNSEL FOR APPLICANT/RESPONDENT – KWASI AUSTIN AND NANA A. JAINIE,COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENTS/APPELLANTS AND INTERESTED PARTIES/APPELLANTS – FOSU GYEABOUR

WELBOURNE (MRS), J.A.

In this judgment, the 1st Respondent/Appellant is the Ada Traditional Council. The 2nd Respondent/Appellant is Samuel Attah Aggudey. The 1st Applicant/Respondent is Patrick Aggudey, the 2nd Applicant/Respondent is Emmanuel Tetteh Aggudey and the 3rd Applicant/Respondent is Narh Numoda Obinchere. We also have Interested Parties Appellants as Numo Oklu Aggudey and Wallace Tetteh Kofi Agguddey.

This appeal arises from the decision of the High Court Accra dated 26th January, 2017, (Human Rights Division), following the grant of the Respondents application for judicial review.

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The parties to this dispute, following a long standing dispute as to who should be the proper person to ascend the Mankralo Stool of Ada, the 1st Respondent and the 2nd Appellant hereto, representing their respective gates, submitted to Arbitration to finally resolve the matter. After participating in the said Arbitration, an award was delivered on the 29th of March, 2012.

The Arbitral aw…

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