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REPUBLIC V. AWUTU SENYA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL; EX PARTE NENYI AMU II

(1980) JELR 63635 (HC)

High Court  •  14 Mar 1980  •  Ghana

Coram
OKUNOR J.

Judgement

OKUNOR J.

This is an application in which the applicant, Nenyi Kwame Amu II, who describes himself as “Eguasehene of Senya Bereku” seeks an order of prohibition directed to, and restraining the Awutu Senya Traditional Council from including in its membership certain named persons on the ground that they “are not chiefs and their names are not in the national register of chiefs.” To his application is attached an affidavit in the following terms:

“I Nenyi Kwame Amu II, Eguasehene of Senya Bereku, make oath and say as follows:
(1) That I am a member of the Awutu Senya Traditional Council.
(2) That the last president of the council, Odefo Issiw V, died some time in 1975.
(3) That the prerogative of electing a new Omanhene vests in the two asafo companies of Senya Bereku acting with the Tufuhene of Senya Bereku. They have not been able to agree.
(4) That the matter went before the Central Regional House of Chiefs whose decision on the matter is now pending before the National House of Chie…

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