Supreme Court Affirms Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II as Ga Mantse, Overturns Order to Reinstate Nii Adama Latse II
The Supreme Court of Ghana, in a unanimous decision led by Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, quashed an order directing the National House of Chiefs in Kumasi to restore Nii Tackie Adama Latse II to the national register of chiefs as the Ga Mantse.
The court ruled that the Kumasi High Court, under Justice Frederick Tetteh, violated natural justice by failing to notify or provide a hearing for Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II before issuing the order in November 2021, thus denying him his constitutional right to be heard in proceedings affecting his status as Ga Mantse. The decision upheld a certiorari application filed by Tsuru’s counsel, Professor Peter A. Atupare.
The ruling overturns a June 12, 2025, Court of Appeal decision that had upheld the High Court’s order, which mandated the restoration of Nii Adama Latse II’s name within 14 days. The Court of Appeal had found that the National House of Chiefs removed Latse’s name without evidence of valid destoolment, death, deposition, abdication, or an adjudicatory body’s order. However, the Supreme Court’s judgment reaffirms Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II as the legitimate Ga Mantse, resolving a four-year legal dispute.
A press statement from Tsuru’s office on June 13, 2025, had previously clarified that the Court of Appeal’s ruling was procedural, not a determination of chieftaincy legitimacy, which remains under review by the Judicial Committee of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs.
