COURT RESTRAINS TWO GBESE FACTIONS (Centre Spread)

14/08/2008
Story: Mary Mensah
A District Magistrate’s Court in Accra has restrained the two parties in the Gbese chieftaincy dispute from taking part in this year’s Ga Mashie Homowo festival scheduled for Saturday, August 16, 2008.
The Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Oppong Buanuah, who disclosed this in an interview in Accra yesterday, said information reaching the police indicated that there was the likelihood of breaches of peace at Ga Mashie and its environs over the celebrations.
He said following that information, the police on August 5, 2008 filed an affidavit at the James Town District Magistrate’s Court in support of an ex-parte motion for an interim injunction restraining both parties from sprinkling ‘kpokpoi.’
DCOP Buanuah said the police had no option but to take the action in order to maintain the peace in the area.
He said until the claim of the true custodian of the Gbese stool was legally settled, tension would remain in Gbese and its environs.
He named the parties in the dispute as Nii Okaidja III, Christopher Ayittey Adjin, Elder Samuel Agoe Okaidja, Nii Ayikumah Dinseh and Asafoatse Dinsey.
The others are Nii Ayi-Bonte also known as Tommy Okine, Nii Okai Kasablofo Adjin IV, Nii Armah Quaye, Nii Ayikwei Okai and Nii Okai Keteku.
The commander said the police would strongly enforce the order of the court and advised the two parties to adhere to the court’s order by maintaining peace and tranquillity during the Homowo celebrations.