OPPONG vs. OPPONG

AMPIAH JA. The plaintiff and the defendant were married customarily in 1959. In 1973, they converted their said marriage into an Ordinance marriage. Both are Ghanaians. They lived in Accra. After the 1973 marriage, the plaintiff left for London where he was joined in 1974 by the defendant. There were eight issues of the marriage five of whom are still living. According to the plaintiff, in 1966 he purchased in the name of the defendant, house No V49, C4 Tema, then a rental unit from one Larbi. The plaintiff came down from London in 1980. In 1987, or thereabouts, the defendant sought and obtained dissolution of their marriage in London. She also obtained an order from the Edmonton County Court, transferring their matrimonial house at 57 North Grove, Tottenham, London to her. She then sought to eject the plaintiff from house No V49, C4 Tema, claiming that it belonged to her. Wherefore the plaintiff claimed at the Circuit Court, Tema for: “(a) declaration that the plaintiff is benefi.....