Reverend Father Nii Omanye Boni Lamptey, a practicing lawyer, has issued and filed a writ invoking the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court seeking declarative reliefs from the Apex Court that the ban on drumming during the Homowo period in Greater Accra does not breach the rights of persons to practice and to manifest their religion.

In his writ filed on the 24th day of March, 2026, the learned Reverend Father in his accompanying Statement of Case argues that religious freedoms provided under Article 21(1)(c) of the 1992 constitution of the Republic of Ghana are subject to limitations which include that of cultural practices of indigenous communities.

Rev. Father Boni-Lamptey thus seeks declarative reliefs from the Supreme Court that, "failure by any person, denomination or religious body to comply with a lawful ban on drumming and noise-making imposed by Traditional Authorities during the customary period preceding the Homowo festival is inconsistent with the constitutional obligation to respect the cultural practices of communities recognised under Article 26(1) of the Constitution."

By virtue of his relief 'd' as endorsed on his writ, the clergyman seeks injunctive orders from the Supreme Court for a perpetual restraint on the Ghana Charismatic and Pentecostal Council to refrain from "violating the annual ban on drumming and noise- making imposed by the Traditional Authorities within the Greater Accra Region during the customary Homowo period."

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