YAA POMAA ALIAS YAA ATAA vs. NANA AKOFENA BEDIAKO AND AMADU BANDA ALIAS ABEY

In the instant action, the core issue touches on the ownership of a plot of land described as Plot No. 9, “Kyekyeraso”, Nkukua Buoho, near Kumasi. The plaintiff issued the writ on 17th May, 2006 against the chief of Buoho and another, claiming declaration of title to the plot of land. She also claimed damages for trespass as well as an injunction against the defendants. She further prayed for other reliefs relative to an alleged arrest and detention of her and another person but led no evidence in that regard at the trial, presumably, abandoning those reliefs whilst she concentrated on that for declaration of title to the disputed land. She claimed the disputed land was allocated to her ancestors who had migrated from Denkyira to Buoho area during the Ashanti-Denkyira war, in the reign of Otumfour Osei Tutu 1, as the Asantehene. She averred that on the instructions of Nana Osei Tutu 1, the then Nkukuabuoho chief called Nana Asumadu-Brimpong 1, allocated a parcel of land for her anc...