THE REPUBLIC V. WILLIAM CHIKA MORGAN EX PARTE WASSA FIASE TRADITIONAL COUNCIL

JUDGMENT

L. L. MENSAH, J.A.

This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court, Sekondi dated the 5^th of April 2017 against Respondent/Appellant (who will be referred in this appeal as the Appellant) in favour of the Applicant/Respondent (who will be referred to as the Respondent).

FACTS:

The facts of this case are that as a result of a petition of destoolment charges brought against the Appellant herein William Chika Morgan (formerly known and called Osagyefo Kwamina Enimil VI) who was the Paramount Chief of the Wassa Fiase Traditional Area, Tarkwa at the Western Regional House of Chiefs, judgment was delivered against the Appellant on the 10^th day of October 2016 by the Judicial Committee of the said Western Regional House of Chiefs.

Aggrieved by the said decision to remove him from the Paramount Stool, the Appellant challenged the decision of the Judicial Committee by way of an application for judicial review in the nature of certiorari at the High Court, Sekondi, but the applicat…