High Court restrains Omanhene of Anum from land sales, rent and royalties

The High Court in Kumasi has granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the “Paramount Chief ” of Anum, Nenye Akusiaku-Brempong Kumi Sasraku VIII, from using his gazette extract to receive rents, royalties and other revenues belonging to the Anum Traditional Area,and surrounder the purported Gazette to the Registry of the Court pending the final determination of a substantive legal dispute.

The court clarified that the order does not determine the substantive chieftaincy dispute or decide who the lawful Paramount Chief of Anum is, explaining that the ruling is solely intended to preserve the subject matter of the litigation pending its final resolution.

Consequently, the court restrained the Anum chief from presenting the Extract from the National Register of Chiefs (Gazette) to any corporate or statutory institution for the purpose of receiving rents, royalties or any monies due to the Anum Traditional Area until the final determination of the suit or further orders of the court.