Supreme Court dismisses appeal, awards GH¢10,000 costs in Winneba chieftaincy dispute

The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, yesterday dismissed an appeal made by Nana Kow Mensah-King, the plaintiff in a long-standing chieftaincy dispute involving the Tumpa Anona Family, of which he is the head, and the Otuano Royal Stool Family of Winneba, on the grounds that it lacked merit.

An amount of GH¢10,000 was awarded against the Tumpa Anona Family, as requested by counsel for the Otuano Royal Stool family, represented by Opanin Kweke Kyikyibi Gyan.

Delivering the judgment on behalf of the five justices who sat on the case, the Presiding Judge, Mrs Justice Sophia Adinyira, stated that “the appeal is without merit and is, therefore, dismissed”.

She thus affirmed an earlier judgment of the Court of Appeal, noting that what happened at the Court of Appeal was not a dress rehearsal.

“The issue is a matter affecting chieftaincy and answerable to the House of Chiefs,” she stated.

Other justices who sat on the case were Mr Justice Jones