Nii Kojo Danso II Sues Nii Ayi Okufuobour I Over ‘Misrepresentation’

The Divisional Chief of Dansoman, Nii Kojo Danso II has filed a writ praying the Accra High Court to order the expunging of the name of Nii Ayi Okufourbour I from the National Register of Chiefs as a sub-chief of Lafa.

In a writ of summon of suit No. GT/0089/2023, Nii Kojo Danso II, Plaintiff vrs Niii Okufourbour I , 1^st Defendant, the Ngleshie Alata Traditional Council, 2^nd Defendant, Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, 3^rd Defendant and National House of Chiefs, 4^th Defendant, the Plaintiff avers that first defendant allegedly provided false information leading to his enstoolment.

He claims that somewhere in September 2019, the 1^st Defendant was installed as a sub-chief of Lafa, a known river that flows through Mallam, Awoshie and Santa Maria, all within the Greater Accra region.

According to Nii Kojo Danso II, the first Defendant Nii Okufourbour I. while disclosing his year of enstoolment, stated the date to be 19^th September 2008, when in actual fact he was entooled in September 2019.

The 2^nd Defendant, Ngleshie Alata Traditional Council is accused of entering on the Chieftaincy Declaration Forms 1^st Defendant as a sub-divisional chief of Adjumako Dawurampong when in effect, the said Adjumako Dawurampong is a known family house in the Ngleshie Alata James Town and not a Divisional stool under which a sub-divisional stool can fall.

Nii Kojo Danso II makes further claims that 1^st Defendant stated his Town/Village as Ngleshie Lafa Barima, when facts show that there is no such town or village by that name within the Jurisdiction of the Ngleshie Alata Traditional area or anywhere in Ghana.

Plaintiff is of the view that 1^st Defendant’s alleged conduct of providing false information for the purpose of being registered in the national register of chiefs, is a calculated scheme to fraudulently misrepresent information about him to the 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th Defendants and the general public at large, since he knew such information was false at the time of filing.

He maintains that the 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th Defendants relied on the said false statement of fact on his date of enstoolment by proceeding to have the false information registered against 1^st Defendant’s name.

The 2^nd Defendant’s failure to vet and fully verify the declaration forms of the 1^st Defendant before forwarding it to 3^rd Defendant led to the wrongful declaration made in the 1^st Defendant’s favor, thus 2^nd and 3^rd Defendants acted negligently.

Nii Kojo Danso II is thus seeking from the court “a declaration that the conduct of the 1^st Defendant, Nii Ayi Okufourbour I in the entire registration procedure leading to the entry of his name in the national register of chiefs, amounts to Fraudulent Misrepresentation and therefore nullifies the entire registration.”

Also, he is seeking another declaration that the Ngleshie Alata Traditional Council, 2^nd Defendant, Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, 3^rd Defendant and National House of Chiefs, 4^th Defendant acted negligently in approving the application of the 1^st Defendant and proceeding to have him registered in the national register of chiefs.

Finally, the Plaintiff wants an order compelling Defendants to expunge the name of the 1^st Defendant from the National Register of Chiefs.