The legal battle over the legitimacy of the Ga Mantse chieftaincy has taken a new turn, with Nii Tackie Adama Latse II notifying the Kumasi High Court of his intention to resume a suit against Dr Kelvin Tackie Abia and the National House of Chiefs.
The latest development comes less than three weeks after the Judicial Committee of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs began hearing a separate petition filed by Nii Tackie Adama Latse II challenging the legitimacy of the Ga Mantse chieftaincy.
In a motion filed on July 22, 2026, the plaintiff gave notice of his intention to proceed with the suit, which was originally filed in July 2025 but had been put on hold while the traditional authorities dealt with the related petition.
The case, numbered ASH/ADK/HC/E13/124/25, was filed on July 29, 2025, following a Supreme Court decision that overturned earlier orders requiring the National House of Chiefs to restore Nii Tackie Adama Latse II’s name to the National Register of Chiefs as Ga Mantse.
The Supreme Court, in its July 23, 2025 ruling, held that the earlier proceedings violated the principles of natural justice because Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, whose interests were directly affected by the orders, had not been joined to the case and was not given an opportunity to be heard.
Following the apex court’s decision, Nii Tackie Adama Latse II commenced the new action with both Dr Kelvin Tackie Abia and the National House of Chiefs named as defendants.
Among the reliefs being sought, the plaintiff wants the court to declare the removal of his name from the National Register of Chiefs unlawful, arbitrary and contrary to the rules of natural justice.
He is also challenging the subsequent inclusion of the name of Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II in the National Register of Chiefs and the Chieftaincy Bulletin as Ga Mantse, describing the entry as wrongful, unlawful and illegitimate.
Nii Tackie Adama Latse II is further asking the court to order the National House of Chiefs to remove the name of Nii Dr Kelvin Tackie Abia from the National Register of Chiefs and the Chieftaincy Bulletin, and restore his name as the recognised Ga Mantse.
Court documents indicate that the case had proceeded through a number of sittings after its commencement before proceedings were suspended to allow the petition before the Judicial Committee of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs to take precedence.
The filing of the Notice of Intention to Proceed now formally signals the plaintiff’s decision to reactivate the Kumasi High Court case and continue the legal challenge.
The move means that the long-running dispute over the Ga Mantse title is now being pursued simultaneously through proceedings before a traditional judicial body and the regular courts.
