The High Court in Kumasi has ordered a substituted service on the Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyeman Badu II, in a contempt case involving the paramount chief and the Bono Regional House.
Details of the case shared by Opemuo Radio on May 22, 2025, indicated that Nana Samgba Gyafla II, the Paramount Chief of the Sampa Traditional Area, filed a contempt case against the Bono Regional House of Chiefs and the Dormaahene, who is the president of the House of Chiefs.
The order of the court was after failed personal service attempts, the paramount chief of Dormaahene, who is also a High Court judge in private life.
Court documents shared by the media house showed that the substituted service was to be done via notices on High Court notice boards (Kumasi & Sunyani), walls and Registrar of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, and/or a Daily Graphic publication. "IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the application is granted as prayed and the APPLICATION FOR COMMITTAL FOR CONTEMPT be served on the 1st Respondent herein by the substituted service as follows: a.
