KORBLAH II ALIAS TETTEH AND ANOTHER V. ODARTEI III

ANIN J.A.

By an originating summons filed on 31 October 1975, the plaintiff claimed the following reliefs:

“This summons is issued upon application of Nii Odartei III, sub-chief of Odarteiman (Nsakina) in the Greater Accra Region of the Republic of Ghana who claims to be the only sub-chief of Odarteiman (Nsakina) for the determination of the following questions: whether under the provisions of the Chieftaincy Act, 1971 (Act 370):

(1) The alleged enstoolment of George Aryee Damey Tetteh, the fourth defendant, under the stool name of Nii Tetteh Korblah II was valid.

(2) The notification in the Local Government Bulletin No. 50 of 22 November 1974, of the alleged enstoolment of the fourth defendant is not void and of no effect.

(3) Paragraph (2) of the Greater Accra Regional Administration’s letter No. GAL/74/Vol. 3 dated 31 July 1975, purporting to prohibit the plaintiff from interfering in the affairs of Nsakina, that is, the selling of land and the performance of any duties as chief of t…