By Dennis Peprah
Sunyani, (Bono), April 16, GNA – Nana Akosua Dua Asor Sika Brayie II, the Paramount Queen-mother of the Sunyani Traditional Area, has filed an appeal at the National House Chiefs, praying it to quash an earlier injunction application ruling by the Bono Regional House of Chiefs.
The Queen-mother filed an injunction at the Bono Region House of Chiefs challenging the legitimacy of the enstoolment of Ogyeamansan Korkor II and prayed the House to restrain him from conducting himself as the Paramount Chief.
Filed on January 2025, the injunction further sought to restrain Nana Kwaku Sarbeng II, the Akwamuhene (sub-chief) and the Acting President of the Sunyani Traditional Council from introducing Ogyeamansan Korkor II as the paramount chief of the area.
However, a jury constituted by the Judicial Committee of the House, ruled in favour of Ogyeamansan Korkor, asking the paramount chief to reign and perform his duties as President of the Sunyani Traditional Council.
An accompanying affidavit filed by Kwame Twumasi-Awuah, the counsel, Twumasi Associates, a Sunyani-based legal firm, copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) sought an order from the National House of Chiefs to reconstitute a panel to hear and to determine the “petition in the interest of justice and fairness”.
“The judicial committee exercised its discretion improperly, wrongly and capriciously by refusing the application or the injunction in spite of the compelling affidavit evidence that the first respondent was not validly nominated, elected and installed as chief”.
It said the judicial committee erred in law by refusing the application although the affidavit gave evidence that the installation of the first respondent was not published in accordance with the law.
“The judicial committee improperly, wrongly and capriciously exercised its discretion by refusing the application for injunction in spite of the compelling affidavit or evidence on record that the second respondent lacked capacity and customary right to nominate first respondent and installed as paramount chief of Sunyani,” the affidavit stated.
It explained that there was no publication of the installation in accordance with section 62(2) of Act 759 and prayed the National House of Chiefs to set aside the ruling.
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