[ 2011-11-22 ]

Judgment on Gbese stool case twisted – Ayibonte Family
The Ayibonte Royal Family has refuted claims by a
claimant to the Gbese stool, Nii Okaija III, who
is known in private life as Mr. Bill Annan, that
he has been declared the rightful chief of Gbese.


A court on Monday ruled on a contempt case brought
against Nii Okaija by the Ayibonte family who felt
the rival claimant was blatantly disrespecting an
earlier court ruling which held Nii Ayibonte II,
popularly known as Tommy Okine, as the rightful
Gbese Mantse of the Ga State.

Nibi Ayibonte, the spokesperson for Nii Ayibonte
II, told Citi News the rival claimant deliberately
twisted the ruling to serve his own purposes.

“We had a judgment and we think that our rights
were being trampled upon when somebody is refusing
to abide by the text of that judgment,” Nibi
said. “That judgment binds everybody whether you
are a party to it or not. That judgment that we
secured from the Regional House of Chiefs binds on
everybody. ”

He added: “First of all, when you attribute
something wrongly to the judge you are even in
contempt. I don’t know whether he thinks he can
prosecute his matters in the media. For us, is not
too much of a case to us, but for the judge who
something wrongly has been attributed to undermine
the administration of justice in this country.
”

Mr. Annan after the ruling on the contempt case on
Monday declared himself the Gbese Mantse, which
has not gone down well with the Ayibonte family.

Source - Citifmonline

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