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REPUBLIC V. VOLTA REGIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS; EX PARTE KANYA II

(1975) JELR 84731 (HC)

High Court  •  25 Mar 1975  •  Ghana

Coram
ANTERKYI J.

Appearances
Dr. O. Asamoah for the applicant. D. M. Akotia for the respondents.

Judgement
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>JUDGMENT</u></strong></p><p><strong>Anterkyi J. </strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In these proceedings, the applicant Nana Obrimpong Kanya II, Bejamsowura of Benjamso in the Krachi District of the Volta Region, applies for an order of mandamus</p><blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>β€œto issue directed to the Volta Regional House of Chiefs to report the enstoolment of the said Nana Obrimpong Kanya II as the Bejamsowura of Nchumuru to the Commissioner responsible for Chieftaincy Affairs through the National House of Chiefs and for such further order or orders as to the court may seem fit.&quot;</em></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">The facts relied on and upon which the application is based are as follows: On 12 October 1969, the applicant was installed customarily as the Bejamsowura of the Nchumuru Traditional Area after the abdication of his predecessor Nana Kwaku Sekyere IV. When subsequently this predecessor asserted his right to remain on the Bejamso stool, a dispute arose between him and the kingmakers of the stool. This dispute was finally settled by a committee of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs on 20 June 1973, upon th…</p>

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