The family of the late Naa Salifu Andani has vowed not to respect the Supreme Court ruling which declared members of the Dasana Andani family the lawful heirs and rulers of the Nanun kingdom.
After over 15 years’ chieftaincy dispute in the area, the Supreme Court recently pronounced the Dasana Andani family the legitimate rulers.
However, Chief Bolahi Abu Hassan, spokesperson for the Nakpa Naa family, has stressed that the ruling of the highest court of adjudication would not be complied with by the Nakpa Naa family and has accused the apex court of deliberately attempting to change the traditions and customs of Nanun.
He believes the Supreme Court’s judgment was based on the previous ruling of the Northern Regional House of Chiefs – a verdict it (Nakpa Naa family) didn’t agree to, for which reason it petitioned the highest court of the land.
Chief Bolahi Abu Hassan gave the assurance that the family would not engage in battle of weapons or any activity which would result in the death of any more persons; but he stressed that the Nakpa Naa family members wouldn’t pay homage to the Dasana family; and would not regard members of the family as the overlords of Nanun.
Meanwhile, the Nakpa Naa family has hinted that the only condition under which it would accept the verdict of the Supreme Court would be after the two parties have been called together and a unanimous agreement reached on the matter.
The judgment of the court, read by Justice Gabriel Pwamang, stated that the late Naa Andani Dasana had been lawfully enskinned as ruler of Bimbilla.
The Northern Regional House of Chiefs has indicated that it will immediately put together a committee to reconcile the parties beyond the court ruling.
The chieftaincy clashes between the Dasana Andani and the Nakpa Naa Dawuni families had led to the death of many people in the area.
The late Naa Dasana Andani II was murdered by unknown gunmen, resulting in the imposition of a 12-hour curfew on the Bimbilla Township.
Source: Daily Guide
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Ghana and chieftaincy issues,hmmm. It's high time for people to realise that Ghana is not a monarchy, it's a republic with the sitting president as the highest authority of the land, a democracy where our leaders are elected by the people. We still respect our traditional rulers because of our culture. However, in this 21st century, we must move beyond these persistent chieftaincy bickerings and think forward as a people who want to develop their nation and our local communities. How many of these traditional chiefs and leaders actually make meaningful contribution towards the development of their own traditional areas? How many of them think of useful projects that will benefit the youth in their land, apart from using these youths to achieve their selfish fantasies?
What was the basis for the ruling? It was flawed. The ruling shows that the judges were ***barred word*** about the Nanong traditions when it comes to inskinment of chiefs And who becomes overlord of nanong. They should have taken the pain to research nanumbas tradion of who becomes bibmbilla Naa and also look into the lives of the two contenders and see who was more qualified.