Sampahene Nana Samgba Gyafla II (L) filed a contempt case the Dormaahene Agyeman Badu II
The High Court in Kumasi has ordered a substituted service on the Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyeman Badu II, in a contempt case involving the paramount chief and the Bono Regional House.
Details of the case shared by Opemuo Radio on May 22, 2025, indicated that Nana Samgba Gyafla II, the Paramount Chief of the Sampa Traditional Area, filed a contempt case against the Bono Regional House of Chiefs and the Dormaahene, who is the president of the House of Chiefs.
The order of the court was after failed personal service attempts, the paramount chief of Dormaahene, who is also a High Court judge in private life.
Court documents shared by the media house showed that the substituted service was to be done via notices on High Court notice boards (Kumasi & Sunyani), walls and Registrar of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, and/or a Daily Graphic publication.
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the application is granted as prayed and the APPLICATION FOR COMMITTAL FOR CONTEMPT be served on the 1st Respondent herein by the substituted service as follows:
a. By a copy of APPLICATION FOR COMMITTAL FOR CONTEMPT on the Notice Board, High Court Kumasi.
b. By posting a copy of the said process on the Notice Board, High Court, Sunyani.
c. By posting a copy of the said process on the walls of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Sunyani.
d. By leaving a copy with the Registrar or any staff at the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Sunyani.
e. And/or one-time publication of the said process in the Daily Graphic.
The processes would be deemed served after 14 days of posting. The case is adjourned to 16 June 2025 at 10:00 a.m.,” parts of the court document read.
It is not clear if this case is connected to the chieftaincy dispute the Kumasi High Court ruled in favour of Nana Samgba Gyafla II against, on Friday, February 7, 2025, the Bono Regional House of Chiefs and the National House of Chiefs.
The court ruled that the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, had settled the Sampa chieftaincy dispute through customary arbitration, leading to Nana Gyafla’s approval as the paramount chief of the area.
According to a report by asaaseradio.com, the court also declared that the Chieftaincy Declaration Forms, duly signed by Nana Kwadwo Magsah and approved by nine out of ten chiefs, could not be ignored.
See the court documents below:
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