YAGBONWURA TUTUMBA BORE ISSAH I AND 5 OTHERS
V.
BUIPEWURA ABDULAI MAHAMA JINAPOR II
JUDGEMENT
F.G. KORBIEH, J.A.
A summary of the facts leading to this appeal is as follows. On the 13/5/2010 there was a meeting of the Gonja Traditional Council at Damongo, the traditional capital of the Gonja people. The applicant/respondent (hereinafter only referred to as the respondent) attended that meeting in his capacity as the Buipewura. In the course of the meeting a dispute arose between the respondent and the Silmawura as to whether the respondent was indeed the Buipewura. Tempers appear to have risen quite high and the meeting came to an abrupt end. According to the respondents/appellants (hereinafter only referred to as the appellants), the meeting so ended as a result of the fact that the respondent had pulled out his pistol from his pocket while his aide had cocked a gun. The very next day after the abortive meeting the respondent received a letter from the Gonja Traditional Council in which the respondentwas (purportedly) removed from office as the Buipewura. The responde…