Ga Mantse contempt case

KOJO's DIARY

THE Accra High Court yesterday dismissed a motion for an order of contempt filed against Dr Jo Blankson and four others by some elders of the Teiko Tsuru We, one of the ruling houses of the Ga Stool.
In the interest of peace and order, the court did not award costs against Dr E.A. Tackie and the other applicants.
The applicants brought an action to the court to cite Dr Blankson, who was installed last year by one of the ruling houses as Ga Mantse, with the stool name King Tackie Tawiah III, and the head of his family, Nii Akropong, Numo Tettey and the James Town Mantse, Nii Kojo Ababio, for flouting an injunction against them by the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs at Dodowa.
But the respondents filed a motion to set aside the motion for contempt, which the court upheld and held that the respondents did not flout any order of the Regional House of Chiefs because they were unaware of any application.
According to the court, the bailiff of the house, in his testimony, said that he did not serve any of the respondents with the contempt documents and that the papers which were meant for Dr Blankson were rather served on Madam Esther Mankattah.
It said Numo Tettey and Nii Ababio were not served at all and, therefore, they were unaware of any case against them.
The court, in its decision not to award costs, took into consideration the fact that the parties were from the same family. The decision was also meant to promote peace and order.