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Scanned records held in the public archive. These documents form the evidentiary basis for the land title, chieftaincy structure, and legal standing of the Abeka Traditional Area and the Nii Boi Royal Family.
Authenticated Records
Court Judgments & Archival Proof
High Court of Ghana
Robertson v. Nii Akramah II — Cover
1966
Cover page of the landmark 1966 judgment — full case title, court, and parties on record.
High Court of Ghana
Robertson v. Nii Akramah II — Page 1
1966
Opening page confirming Asere Stool paramount title and Abeka custodianship under Ga customary law.
High Court of Ghana
Robertson v. Nii Akramah II — Page 3
1966
Court record of evidence presented — witnesses and facts established in the proceedings.
High Court of Ghana
Robertson v. Nii Akramah II — Page 4
1966
Establishes George Boye (Nuumo Apiakai) as the active custodian of Abeka at the time of the ruling.
High Court of Ghana
George Boye (Nuumo Apiakai) — Sworn Testimony (1966)
1966
George Boye alias Okyeame Boye — 2nd Defendant and Most Senior Linguist of the Asere Stool — testifies under oath. States he was born at Ofankor, served as Asere land overseer for ~30 years before becoming linguist (~1946). He has known Abeka for 50 years. The land on which he built at Abeka was given to him by Nii Ayi Tagoe, Acting Asere Mantse. Confirms Abeka has never left the hands of the Asere Stool.
High Court of Ghana
Winchester Tettey Boye (Nii Boi I) — Sworn Testimony (1966)
1966
Winchester Tettey Boye — Co-Defendant in Suit No. L.232/61 — testifies under oath. States he was born in Accra, went to live at Abeka in 1954. He was made chief of Abeka by the people of the town and his father, the linguist George Boye (Nuumo Apiakai), on the authority of the paramount chief. In 1956 he served as Secretary to the Abeka Stool. He has not himself given out any land.
High Court of Ghana
Robertson v. Nii Akramah II — Page 7
1966
Further court findings on land tenure and Ga customary authority over Abeka.
High Court of Ghana
Robertson v. Nii Akramah II — Page 9
1966
Judicial reasoning — application of Ga customary law to the Abeka land and chieftaincy question.
High Court of Ghana
Robertson v. Nii Akramah II — Page 10
1966
Continued judicial findings on the title and boundaries of the Abeka Traditional Area.
High Court of Ghana
Robertson v. Nii Akramah II — Page 12
1966
Court findings on the role of the Okyeame and the constitutional structure of Abeka.
High Court of Ghana
Robertson v. Nii Akramah II — Page 13
1966
Further analysis of Ga customary law as applied to the Abeka stool and its subordinate offices.
High Court of Ghana
Robertson v. Nii Akramah II — Page 14
1966
Court assessment of competing claims — rejection of non-royal claims to Abeka authority.
High Court of Ghana
Robertson v. Nii Akramah II — Page 15
1966
Penultimate findings — the court's conclusions on the legal standing of the Nii Boi Royal Family.
High Court of Ghana
Robertson v. Nii Akramah II — Page 17
1966
Final page — judgment order and formal declaration of the court.
Public Records & Archives Administration Dept
PRAAD Authentication Certificate
June 2022
Official PRAAD certificate authenticating the 1966 court documents and Asere Stool Plan held in state archives.
PRAAD-Authenticated (Castle Road, Adabraka)
Asere Stool Plan
1966 / Auth. 2022
Maps the full boundaries of the Abeka corridor and surrounding Asere territories. Tendered as evidence in the 1966 judgment.
PRAAD-Authenticated (Castle Road, Adabraka)
Asere Stool Plan — Full Map
1966 / Auth. 2022
Extended stool plan showing full territorial extent of the Asere land grant including Abeka, Tesano, Fadama, and surrounding areas.
High Court of Ghana
Petition Suit No. 6A — Cover
1976
Original petition for chieftaincy of Abeka. Lists all parties including George Boye and Nii Amu I. Filed 27 July 1976.
Office of the Abeka Stool Father & Ag. Djaisetsε
Formal Enstoolment Report — Nii Boi II (1983)
12 October 1983
Official letter from the Abeka Stool Father reporting the enstoolment of Henry Boye as Nii Boi II to Nii Nikoi Olai Amontia IV, Asere Manche. Signed by Nii Kwei Boye (Stool Father), Nii Oko Armatri (Asere Stool Secretary), Robert Lartefio Lartey (Elder of Anusa Asere), and Nii Ayaan Aryeetey (Head of Agbon).
Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs — Chieftaincy Tribunal
Suit GAR/P/4/84 — Tribunal Ruling Cover
27 November 1984
Cover of the 1984 chieftaincy tribunal ruling. Petitioners: Nii Amu I, Abeka Djasetsε (Dodoo side) and Others. Respondents: Nii Nikoi Olai Amontia IV and Others. Motion for Interim Injunction against Nii Boi II.
Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs — Chieftaincy Tribunal
Suit GAR/P/4/84 — Petition Page 2
1984
Detailed averments by the petitioners (Dodoo side) against the enstoolment of Nii Boi II, including allegations of unlawful confinement and improper enstoolment.
Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs — Chieftaincy Tribunal
Suit GAR/P/4/84 — Reliefs Sought
23 July 1984
Final page of the petition listing reliefs sought by the Dodoo side — including perpetual injunction against Nii Boi II. Stamped and filed at the Regional House of Chiefs.
Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs — Chieftaincy Tribunal
Suit GAR/P/4/84 — Ruling Page 2
27 November 1984
Tribunal notes that Nii Boi II had been properly registered in the National Register of Chiefs as far back as 15 February 1984 — the Sec. 50(8) of the Chieftaincy Act, Act 370 makes the Register prima facie evidence.
Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs — Chieftaincy Tribunal
Suit GAR/P/4/84 — Ruling Dismissed (Signed)
27 November 1984
Tribunal dismisses the interim injunction application. Signed by Chairman Nene Martey Chartey Awah III, Members Nii Kojo Ababio V and Nene Afutu Martey II. Confirms Nii Boi II as the recognised Abeka Mantse.
Ghana Police Service — Tesano Division
Ghana Police Report — Kpoikpoi Dispute (1985) Page 1
22 August 1985
Police report of meeting at Divisional HQ on 21 August 1985 re: sprinkling of kpoikpoi at Abeka. Accredited side: Nii Boi II (Abeka Mantse). Opposing side lists Nii Amu Dodoo as Dzaasetse — confirming Nii Amu Dodoo is the father of Ansah Dodoo and the Dodoo family claim to the Dzaasetse title.
Ghana Police Service — Tesano Division
Ghana Police Report — Kpoikpoi Dispute (1985) Page 2
22 August 1985
Conclusion of police report. Tribunal proceedings read out — it became clear Nii Boi II is the recognised chief. Signed by Deputy Superintendent A.O. Ntiri, Ghana Police. Copied to Nii Boi II (Abeka Mantse) and Henry Boye (Frn) Abeka.
PRAAD-Authenticated (Castle Road, Adabraka)
Asere Stool Plan — Annotated Field Copy
1966 / Auth. 2022
Annotated field copy of the Asere Stool's Plan with handwritten label. Shows the same territorial boundaries tendered in the 1966 Robertson judgment.
High Court of Justice, Accra
Suit Misc. 1675/2002 — Writ of Summons
25 July 2002
Writ of Summons filed by Nii Abam Boi (Stool Father of Nii Boi We) and Alex Nii Boi (Head of Nii Boi We) against: 1) Nii Teiko Akotia Oworsika (alias Seth Hammond), 2) Nii Kpakpa Blofonyo — Ga Akwashongtse, 3) Naa Ayeley I — Abeka Manye (Queen Mother), 4) Nii Laryea Ayiku — who claimed to be Dzasetse of Asere. All four commanded to appear. Signed by Chief Justice Edward K. Wiredu, 25 July 2002.
High Court of Justice, Accra
Suit Misc. 1675/2002 — Statement of Claim (Page 1)
24 July 2002
The Nii Boi Royal Family had agreed to install Nii Ansah Dodoo as Dzasetse. However Naa Ayeley I (Queen Mother, 3rd Defendant) called a meeting where the Defendants announced THEY would install Nii Ansah Dodoo — bypassing the Royal Family's authority. The Plaintiffs refused, stating that only Nii Amarkai III (acting Asere Mantse) has authority under Ga custom to oversee such installation. Defendants had no such right.
High Court of Justice, Accra
Suit Misc. 1675/2002 — Statement of Claim (Reliefs)
24 July 2002
The Nii Boi Royal Family sought: (a) A declaration that the Defendants are NOT the rightful persons to install and enstool a Dzasetse at Abeka by Ga Custom; (b) A PERPETUAL INJUNCTION restraining the Defendants, their successors, heirs, personal representatives, servants, agents and ALL persons claiming through or under them from installing any person as Dzasetse of Abeka, Accra; (c) Quia Timet Injunction. Filed by Amarteifio & Co, Ayawaso Chambers.
High Court of Justice, Accra — Mrs. Felicity Amoah J.
Suit Misc. 1675/2002 — Interlocutory Injunction Order
25 July 2002
Court grants leave to serve Writ of Summons together with Motion for Interlocutory Injunction on all four defendants. Signed by Mrs. Felicity Amoah, Justice of the High Court, 25 July 2002 — the same day the suit was filed. Immediate court action to prevent the unauthorised installation from proceeding.
High Court of Justice, Accra — Mrs. Felicity Amoah J.
Suit Misc. 1675/2002 — Perpetual Injunction (Final Judgment)
16 December 2002
LANDMARK JUDGMENT — Exhibit 16. Judgment in default of defence entered for Plaintiffs (Nii Abam Boi & Anor). Court declares: A) Defendants are NOT the rightful persons to install and enstool a Dzasetse at Abeka by Ga Custom. B) PERPETUAL INJUNCTION — Nii Teiko Akotia Oworsika (alias Seth Hammond), Nii Kpakpa Blofonyo, Naa Ayeley I, Nii Laryea Ayiku, AND their successors, heirs, personal representatives, servants, agents and ALL persons of whatever description claiming through or under them are PERMANENTLY BARRED from installing any person as Dzasetse of Abeka, Accra. Costs of ¢2 million awarded. Signed: Mrs. Felicity Amoah, Justice of the High Court.
Amarteifio & Co — Solicitors, Advocates & Notaries Public
Amarteifio & Co Letter to Tesano Police (2013)
31 July 2013
Eleven years after the 2002 perpetual injunction, the same law firm (Amarteifio & Co, Ayawaso Chambers) writes to Tesano District Police on behalf of Gladys Naa Ayele Adams and Nii Abam Boi — Head of Family and Stool Father of the Niboi Royal Family. Notifies police that the Royal Family intends to enstool their nominated Mantse. Encloses the 2002 court judgment as legal authority. Requests police presence to keep the peace. CC: Gladys Naa Ayele Adams, Nii Abam Boi, Nii Amarkai III.
Amarteifio & Co — Solicitors, Advocates & Notaries Public
Amarteifio & Co Letter — Page 2 (Signed)
31 July 2013
Continuation of the 2013 letter. States the Royal Family shall bear the cost of police assistance. Signed and stamped by Amarteifio & Co. Copied to: Gladys Naa Ayele Adams (Accra), Nii Abam Boi (Abeka, Accra), Nii Amarkai III (Accra) — confirming Nii Amarkai III's continued role in overseeing Abeka chieftaincy matters.
PRAAD-Authenticated — EG.6/2/1175, Ref. Certificate #0000427
Ghana Local Government Bulletin No. 80 — Page 41 (22 November 1974)
22 November 1974
Ghana Local Government Bulletin No. 80 (22 November 1974), Page 41 — an official government gazette page listing chieftaincy changes across the Ga Traditional Areas. Winchester Tete Boye (Nii Boi I) is listed among the chiefs, recorded as Sub-Divisional Chief of the Abeka-Asere Division with his installation dated 2 May 1968. He appears alongside many other chiefs installed across the Abola, Osu, Asere, and Tema Divisions in that period. This is the Government of Ghana's own official record of Nii Boi I as the rightfully installed chief of the Abeka-Asere area. PRAAD-authenticated (EG.6/2/1175, Ref. Certificate #0000427).
Public Records and Archives Administration Dept. (PRAAD)
PRAAD Certificate of Authentication — 1974 Local Government Bulletin
June 2022
PRAAD Certificate of Authentication No. 0000427, signed by the Head of Archives Division under Section 19(2) of the Public Records and Archives Administration Act 1997 (Act 535). Certifies that the attached extract from Ghana Local Government Bulletin (Authority No. 80, 22nd November 1974, captioned "Notice of Changes Affecting the Status of Certain Chiefs — Eastern Region") is a TRUE COPY of the document preserved in the national archives. Makes the 1974 bulletin page legally admissible as evidence of official chieftaincy recognition.
Accra News Bulletin, Vol. 2 No. 8 — By Nii Laryea
Accra News Bulletin — "Nii Boi We Installs Head" (August 2003)
11–17 August 2003
Newspaper coverage of the formal installation of Madam Yemo Gladys Ayele Adams, 80, as head of Nii Boi We at a ceremony held at Abeka Mantse Palace. Article confirms the family's active palace and functioning structure. Named attendees: Alex Nii Boye (Spokesman), Nii Amon Boye, Amartei Amartaifio alias Ayigbe Mantse (the same solicitor who filed the 2002 court case on behalf of the family), George Aban Boye (stool father), Francis Yartey Boye (Assemblyman of the area and chaplain of AMA). Madam Adams is described as a relative of Nii Boi I, the first Abeka Mantse. Representatives from Agbon and Amartse We of Asere also attended, confirming cross-family recognition.
Court of Appeal — Full Bench Division, Ghana
Court of Appeal (Full Bench) — Civil Review No. 60/70 — Cover (1975)
28 July 1975
Cover of the Court of Appeal (Full Bench Division) Certified True Copy of Civil Review No. 60/70, 28 July 1975 — the appeal of the Robertson consolidated suits. Coram: Azu Crabbe C.J., Jiagge J.A., Archer J.A., Kingsley-Nyinah J.A., Abban J. Suits reviewed: L.232/61 (Robertson v. Nii Akramah II & W.T. Boye co-defendant), L.79/62, L.605/62, L.607/62. Certified True Copy stamped by the Registrar, Court of Appeal. This is the highest appellate review of the Robertson cases, decided by five justices of the Full Bench.
Court of Appeal — Full Bench Division, Ghana
Court of Appeal 1975 — George Boye Named "Senior Linguist" of Asere Mantse
28 July 1975
Page 9 of the judgment. The court record explicitly states: "In the first suit No. L.232/1961, the respondent sued the Asere Mantse and his linguist Boye for entering the Mukose lands at Abeka." The court names George Boye as "Senior Linguist" — and confirms that "Abeka Kwame became the Headman of the place called Abeka" as a subject of the Asere Stool. This is official Court of Appeal confirmation that George Boye (Nuumo Apiakai) held the title of Senior Linguist and land overseer of the Asere Mantse — the same role confirmed in the 1966 High Court proceedings.
Court of Appeal — Full Bench Division, Ghana
Court of Appeal 1975 — "Abeka Village Lies Outside" the Nikoi Olai Claim Area
28 July 1975
Page 10 — the clearest judicial statement on Abeka's status. The Full Bench holds: "it would be patently wrong to include Abeka Village in the area edged green, despite its close proximity to the village of Mukose. Neither Jackson J. nor the Privy Council held that the plaintiffs' family were 'owners in possession of Mukose Lands of which the Abeka Village and the lands in and around the said village are part'." The Nikoi Olai / Robertson family claim is definitively shown NOT to extend to Abeka Village.
Court of Appeal — Full Bench Division, Ghana
Court of Appeal 1975 — Final Order: Abeka & Surrounding Lands Excluded
28 July 1975
Page 40 — the Court of Appeal's dispositive finding: "Neither Abeka nor its surrounding lands were found to be in possession of the Nikoi Olai family." The court accordingly confirmed the judgment "subject to the variation that it excludes from its operation the village of Abeka and the surrounding lands in the rectangular area in Exhibit 'C'." This is the highest appellate court's final determination that the Robertson / Nikoi Olai claim does NOT cover Abeka Village or its surrounding lands. The Asere Stool's paramount title over Abeka stands.
Court of Appeal — Full Bench Division, Ghana
Court of Appeal 1975 — Full Bench Concurrence (All Five Judges Signed)
28 July 1975
Final page (pg 42). Abban J. concurs: "I have had the opportunity of reading all the judgments and I agree to all of them." Signed by Abban J. Counsel on record: Campbell (de Graft-Johnson and Ofori Atta with him) for the Applicants; Akuoko (Frimpong Boadu with him) for the Respondent. Combined with the signed concurrences of Jiagge J.A. and Kingsley-Nyinah J.A. (who urged all parties to reach an amicable settlement), this page confirms that all five justices of the Full Bench were unanimous in excluding Abeka from the Robertson/Nikoi Olai land claim.
Court of Appeal, Ghana
Civil Appeal No. 25/80 — Judgment Cover: "Nii Boi I VRS" (15 June 1981)
15 June 1981
Physical cover of the original judgment book in the Nii Boi Royal Family records, hand-labelled in green marker: "JUDGMENT, 15th June 1981, Nii Boi I, VRS." Confirms that Nii Boi I (Winchester Tete Boi, Abeka Mantse) was a party in yet another Court of Appeal case as late as 1981 — still defending Abeka against the Nikoi Olai family's recurring trespass claims. Certified True Copy stamped by the Registrar, Court of Appeal.
Court of Appeal — Jiagge J.A. (Presiding), Mhusei J.A., Wiredu J.A.
Civil Appeal No. 25/80 — Title Page: Nii Boi I Named as 2nd Defendant/Appellant
15 June 1981
Title page of Civil Appeal No. 25/80, 15 June 1981. Plaintiff/Respondent: Ashaley Okoe (acting as head of the Nikoi Olai Stool Family of Asere). Defendants/Appellants: (1) Torebe Homoranio III, House No. 115, Korle Gonno; (2) NII BOI I, Anajafo, Abeka Mantse — sued as WINCHESTER TETE BOI of Abeka, Accra. This is a Certified True Copy of an appeal against a High Court trespass judgment obtained by the Nikoi Olai Stool Family, challenging its application to Abeka lands. Nii Boi I is explicitly identified as "Abeka Mantse" in a court record as late as 1981.
Court of Appeal — Jiagge J.A. (Presiding)
Civil Appeal No. 25/80 — Full Bench Unanimous Rejection of Nikoi Olai Res Judicata Claim
15 June 1981
Page 235 — the Court of Appeal holds: "The Full Bench of the Court of Appeal unanimously dissented from this view. The doctrine that the smaller area in dispute which is part of a bigger area put in issue can be regarded as identical with the bigger area in the juridical sense for the purposes of estoppel by res judicata, cannot be applicable in this case where there was a definite finding to the contrary." The court then quotes Crabbe C.J. (from the 1975 Full Bench) that the exact extent of Mukose land "could not be determined because except for the eastern boundary as shown in Exh. 'A', the other boundaries are extremely vague." Published in [1987-88] 1 GLR 434.
Court of Appeal — Jiagge J.A. (Presiding)
Civil Appeal No. 25/80 — Crabbe C.J.: Nikoi Olai Boundary Claims Used to "Harass" Asere Landowners
15 June 1981
Page 237. The court cites Crabbe C.J.'s condemnation: "It is the vagueness about the extent of the land which has encouraged litigants, opposed to the Asere Stool, to harass people who buy land in the area for building purposes." This is a Chief Justice of Ghana on record saying the Nikoi Olai/Mukose land boundary claims have been weaponised to harass legitimate buyers of Asere Stool land. The Nikoi Olai Stool Family's boundaries are described as "singularly very vague" — their Northern, Southern, and Western boundaries are unknown. This directly undermines every attempt by that family to use res judicata or trespass claims against Abeka.
High Court of Justice, Accra — General Jurisdiction
GJ/0705/2024 — Case Title Page
2024
Title page of the La Paz / Abeka Market Land case. Nii Apiakai Boi I filed this action to protect the family market land in the La Paz corridor. Case number GJ/0705/2024 confirms a 2024 filing at the High Court.
High Court of Justice, Accra — General Jurisdiction
GJ/0705/2024 — Ruling Page 2
2024
Page 2 of the court ruling — sets out the factual background of the market land dispute and the parties' positions before the court.
High Court of Justice, Accra — General Jurisdiction
GJ/0705/2024 — Ruling Page 3
2024
Page 3 of the ruling — court findings on the land dispute affecting the Abeka market area.
High Court of Justice, Accra — General Jurisdiction
GJ/0705/2024 — Ruling Page 4
2024
Page 4 of the ruling — detailed judicial reasoning on the land title and ownership of the contested market land.
High Court of Justice, Accra — General Jurisdiction
GJ/0705/2024 — Ruling Page 5
2024
Page 5 of the ruling — the court's analysis of the evidence and applicable customary law principles.
High Court of Justice, Accra — General Jurisdiction
GJ/0705/2024 — Ruling Page 6
2024
Page 6 of the ruling — continuation of judicial findings on the competing land claims in the La Paz market corridor.
High Court of Justice, Accra — General Jurisdiction
GJ/0705/2024 — Ruling Page 7
2024
Page 7 of the ruling — the court's conclusions on the evidence and applicable legal principles.
High Court of Justice, Accra — General Jurisdiction
GJ/0705/2024 — Ruling Page 8 (Parties)
2024
Page 8 listing all parties involved in the La Paz market land dispute — plaintiffs, defendants, and their legal representatives. Confirms Nii Apiakai Boi I (Nii Boi Family) as a named party.
High Court of Justice, Accra — General Jurisdiction
GJ/0705/2024 — Ruling References
2024
Final reference page of the ruling — lists all cases and authorities cited by the court, confirming the legal precedents applied to the Abeka market land dispute.
Fast Track Court, Accra — Justice Kwame Gyamfi Osei
FAL/648/2014 — Damax Judgment Page 1
30 May 2022
Title page of the 19-page Damax judgment. Identifies Jonathan Yartey Boi (Nii Apiakai Boi I) and Nii Abam Boi as the Plaintiffs substituted for the original claimants after their deaths. Confirms the case involved the Nii Boi Family land at Kuntunse (approximately 62.671 acres).
Fast Track Court, Accra — Justice Kwame Gyamfi Osei
FAL/648/2014 — Damax Judgment Page 3
30 May 2022
Background — the 2003 installation of Madam Gladys Naa Ayeley Adams as legitimate Head of the Nii Boi Family, witnessed by both the 2nd Plaintiff (Nii Abam Boi) and Alex Nii Boi. The basis of the family's argument that Alex Nii Boi had no authority to grant family land in 2004.
Fast Track Court, Accra — Justice Kwame Gyamfi Osei
FAL/648/2014 — Damax Judgment Page 5
30 May 2022
Damax's evidence: the 1 January 1994 lease from the Nikoi Olai Stool obtained by Alex Nii Boi acting as Head of Family, and the 20 March 2000 sub-lease to Koajay Ltd signed with the Acting Chief of Abeka. Establishes a long-running pattern of Alex Nii Boi acting as head — the core of the estoppel argument.
Fast Track Court, Accra — Justice Kwame Gyamfi Osei
FAL/648/2014 — Damax Judgment Page 7
30 May 2022
Ga State Traditional Royal Family Heads Consultative Assembly memorandum — signed by Nii Abam Boi (2nd Plaintiff) himself — naming Alex Nii Boi as Head of the Family. The court used this as direct evidence that the family itself recognised Alex Nii Boi.
Fast Track Court, Accra — Justice Kwame Gyamfi Osei
FAL/648/2014 — Damax Judgment Page 9
30 May 2022
Key credibility finding — the 2nd Plaintiff (Nii Abam Boi) did not testify in person to deny his own signature on the grant document. The court drew adverse inferences. Also: Alex Nii Boi's obituary carried "Head of Family" — the family buried him with that title and could have buried him as an ordinary member.
Fast Track Court, Accra — Justice Kwame Gyamfi Osei
FAL/648/2014 — Damax Judgment Page 11
30 May 2022
The court's estoppel findings — the Nii Boi Family projected Alex Nii Boi to the world as their head through sustained conduct. Acting as head without family objection is tantamount to being appointed head. The family is estopped from now denying his authority.
Fast Track Court, Accra — Justice Kwame Gyamfi Osei
FAL/648/2014 — Damax Judgment Page 13
30 May 2022
The court notes that the family waited 10 years (2004-2014) before filing suit — consistent with having accepted the grant. Jonathan Yartey Boi testified confirming his role as Dzaasetse and that Gladys Naa Ayeley Adams was former Head of Family. Evidence accepted but estoppel was decisive.
Fast Track Court, Accra — Justice Kwame Gyamfi Osei
FAL/648/2014 — Damax Judgment Page 15
30 May 2022
Near-final findings — the court's comprehensive assessment of the estoppel defence and its application to the Kuntunse land grant.
Fast Track Court, Accra — Justice Kwame Gyamfi Osei
FAL/648/2014 — Damax Judgment Page 17 (Final)
30 May 2022
Judgment entered for Damax Construction Co. Ltd. The grant of family land at Kuntunse by Alex Nii Boi on 20 March 2004 was upheld. Land Title Certificate No. GA 41648 was not disturbed. This is the last photographed page (page 17 of 19). The final order page was not captured.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Coronation Invitation Flyer
3-5 July 2026
Official coronation invitation flyer circulated publicly by the defendants ahead of their "Coronation of The Lion" ceremony at premises styled "Abeka Palace." Taken without sanction of the Ga Traditional Council or the Abeka Dzaasetse. Entered as photographic evidence in GJ/0900/26.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Asafoanye Naa Yarley Installation Flyer
3-5 July 2026
Publicly circulated flyer announcing the simultaneous installation of "Asafoanye Naa Yarley" — a traditional female war-leader office — conducted without family authorisation. The flyer confirms the event was premeditated and advertised, not spontaneous.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Coronation Badge
3-5 July 2026
Physical coronation badge produced and distributed at the ceremony — confirming the organisational depth of the unauthorised installation. Badges bearing traditional titles were issued to participants without any sanction from the Nii Boi Royal Family.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Abeka Stool Secretariat (5 July 2026)
5 July 2026
Photograph of the Abeka Stool Secretariat building with participants in white ceremonial attire assembling. Timestamp confirms 5 July 2026, 14:39 — during the days surrounding the filing of the writ. The sacrificial goat is visible. Demonstrates the event took place at the official Stool Secretariat grounds.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Ceremonial Procession (Daytime)
5 July 2026
Daytime procession of participants through the area in traditional white ceremonial dress. The scale and organisation confirms a planned, formal installation ceremony — not a spontaneous gathering. Evidence of public nature of the unauthorised proceedings.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Coronation Gathering
3-5 July 2026
Crowd assembled at the coronation venue, confirming the public and widely attended nature of the unauthorised ceremony.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Ceremony Scene (Inside Venue)
3-5 July 2026
Interior of the ceremony venue showing Alexander Yartey Boi (2nd defendant) holding the libation bottle — the implement used in the traditional invocation that formally opens a chieftaincy installation. The ceremonial stool dressed in blue velvet is visible behind him.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Alexander Yartey Boi (Libation, 1)
3-5 July 2026
Photograph of Alexander Yartey Boi (2nd defendant) performing libation rites at the ceremony. Direct photographic evidence placing the defendant in the act of conducting a traditional installation ceremony without the knowledge or sanction of the Dzaasetse.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Alexander Yartey Boi (Libation, 2)
3-5 July 2026
Second photograph confirming Alexander Yartey Boi conducting libation rites at the ceremony. Corroborating visual evidence of the 2nd defendant acting in the capacity of a chieftaincy officiant — an act reserved for authorised persons under Ga custom.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Sacrificial Goat at Ceremony
3-5 July 2026
A goat brought for sacrifice documented being carried at the ceremony. The participant visible is wearing a t-shirt bearing the name "Asafoanye Naa Yarley" — confirming the sacrifice and the Asafoanye installation were part of the same coordinated, unauthorised ceremony.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Night Ceremony Crowd (3 July 2026)
3 July 2026
Rows of attendees at the night session of 3 July 2026. Approximately 12 Asafoanye and 12 or more Asafoatse participated — a scale confirming the depth and public character of the unauthorised installation. Taken before the Writ of Summons was filed.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Packed Indoor Gathering (Night)
3 July 2026
Interior of the premises packed with attendees during the night session. The density and organised seating arrangement underscores the public, planned nature of the installation.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Asafo Installation Proof (1)
3-5 July 2026
Photographic proof of a person being installed into a traditional Asafo office (Asafoatse, Asafoanye, or Oworsika) without the authorisation of the Nii Boi Royal Family. Direct evidence supporting the relief sought in GJ/0900/26.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Asafo Installation Proof (2)
3-5 July 2026
Second photograph confirming the unlawful installation of a person into a traditional Asafo position without family consent. Corroborating evidence for the plaintiff's application for a perpetual injunction.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Coronation: Asafoanye Combined Image
3-5 July 2026
Combined photographic evidence of the coronation and Asafoanye installation ceremony — showing both the scale of the event and the traditional dress of the persons unlawfully installed.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Nuumo Naewe Present (Departed Early)
3-5 July 2026
Photograph of Nuumo Naewe at the venue. Upon arriving and finding the Abeka Dzaasetse absent, he asked "Where is the Abeka Dzaasetse?" — was told "He is coming" — then departed early. In a subsequent call he confirmed he left when the right people were not present. Nuumo Naewe is NOT a defendant and is not implicated in the unauthorised installation.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Coronation Gathering Detail
3-5 July 2026
Close-up detail of the coronation gathering showing participants in ceremonial attire. Confirms the formal character of the unauthorised installation and the number of witnesses present.
Evidence — Case GJ/0900/26
GJ/0900/26 Violation — Event Crowd
3-5 July 2026
Crowd photograph from the unauthorised coronation event. The size of the gathering confirms this was a major community ceremony conducted openly and without the sanction of the Nii Boi Royal Family.
Judicial Service of Ghana
Nii Apiakai Boi I — Name Change Judicial Certificate
2022
Judicial certificate confirming the legal change of name from Jonathan Yartey Boi to Nii Apiakai Boi I — the stool name under which the Dzaasetse holds the Abeka chieftaincy office. Issued by the Judicial Service of Ghana.
Judicial Service of Ghana
Nii Apiakai Boi I — Name Change Statutory Declaration
2022
Statutory declaration supporting the name change to Nii Apiakai Boi I — documenting the formal adoption of the stool name in accordance with Ghanaian law.
Nii Boi Royal Family of Abeka
Nii Apiakai Boi I — Dzaasetse Confirmation (2022)
2022
Official document confirming Jonathan Yartey Boi (Nii Apiakai Boi I) as the Dzaasetse and Acting Head of the Nii Boi Royal Family of Abeka — the same capacity under which he filed Suit No. GJ/0900/26 in 2026.
Nii Boi Royal Family of Abeka
Nii Boi Family Head Appointment (2019) — Page 1
2019
Page 1 of the formal family head appointment letter — documents the appointment of the acting head of the Nii Boi We Royal Family in 2019 and the signatories from the principal family gates.
Nii Boi Royal Family of Abeka
Nii Boi Family Head Appointment (2019) — Page 2
2019
Page 2 of the 2019 appointment letter — lists the family gates and their representatives who endorsed the appointment, establishing the constitutional basis for the current family leadership.
Nii Boi Royal Family of Abeka
Nii Boi Family Head Appointment (2019) — Official Stamp
2019
Official stamp page of the 2019 family head appointment — confirms authentication and authority of the appointment document under the family's traditional seal.
Nii Boi Royal Family of Abeka
Nii Boi Family Head Appointment (2019) — Signatures
2019
Signatures page — principal elders and family representatives from all active gates of the Nii Boi We Royal Family formally endorsing the appointment. This page is the definitive record of family consent.
Nii Boi Royal Family of Abeka
Five Gates Declaration (2023) — Page 1
2023
Page 1 of the 2023 Five Gates Declaration — a formal statement by all five recognised gates of the Nii Boi We Royal Family confirming the family's constitutional structure, leadership, and authorised decision-making body. Critical document for any chieftaincy or land dispute involving the family.
Nii Boi Royal Family of Abeka
Five Gates Declaration (2023) — Page 2
2023
Page 2 of the Five Gates Declaration — signed pages confirming all five family gate representatives and their formal declaration of unified family authority under the Nii Boi Royal Family of Abeka.
High Court of Justice, Accra — General Jurisdiction
GJ/0900/26 — Writ of Summons (2026)
2 July 2026
Writ of Summons filed by Jonathan Yartey Boi (Nii Apiakai I), Dzaasetse & Acting Head of the Nii Boi Royal Family, against (1) Isaac Ayitey, (2) Alexander Yartey Boi, (3) Emmanuel Yartey Boi — all of Unnumbered House, Abeka. Suit No. GJ/0900/26. Signed by Chief Justice P. Baffoe-Bonni, 2 July 2026. Confirms Nii Apiakai I's standing as the lawful head of the family with authority over all traditional installations.
High Court of Justice, Accra — General Jurisdiction
GJ/0900/26 — Statement of Claim Cover
1 July 2026
Statement of Claim listing the five reliefs sought by the plaintiff, including a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from installing anyone into traditional war-leader positions (Asafoatse/Asafoanye) of the Nii Boi Royal Family without the consent of Nii Apiakai I and his kingsmen. Solicitor: James Allotey-Annan Esq., AA & Q Solicitors, Laterbiokorshie, Accra.
High Court of Justice, Accra — General Jurisdiction
GJ/0900/26 — Statement of Claim Page 1 (Paragraphs 1–5)
1 July 2026
Opening paragraphs of the Statement of Claim. The plaintiff is the Acting Head and Lawful Representative of the Nii Boi Royal Family — the only one with his principal elders who can install anyone into traditional offices. The defendants have no traditional office within the family and have been self-appointing persons as Asafoatse and Asafoanye — a fraudulent act.
High Court of Justice, Accra — General Jurisdiction
GJ/0900/26 — Statement of Claim Page 2 (Paragraphs 6–13)
1 July 2026
Paragraphs 6–13 detail: defendants arrogating unknown titles to themselves contrary to Nii Boi Royal Family customs; selling family properties through self-created offices; publishing their intention to install war leaders. Paragraph 12: unless restrained, defendants would act with impunity at the detriment of the plaintiff and his kingsmen.
High Court of Justice, Accra — General Jurisdiction
GJ/0900/26 — Statement of Claim Page 3 (Final Reliefs)
1 July 2026
Final page of the Statement of Claim setting out reliefs 3–5: order directed at Security Services (Police) to assist the plaintiff; perpetual injunction against defendants installing anyone as Asafoanyemei without the plaintiff's consent; general damages. Dated 1 July 2026 — AA & Q Solicitors, House No. 22 Zoti Residential Area, Laterbiokorshie, Accra.
Archive Note
These documents are held in the public record at PRAAD (Castle Road, Adabraka, Accra), the High Court / Supreme Court Library, and the Nii Boi Royal Family Records. The PRAAD authentication certificate (June 2022) confirms the integrity of the 1966 court bundle.
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