LYDIA KWAO vs PASCAL MUAKO TCHEMO

JUDGMENT BY COURT: This is the final judgment in the petition filed by Lydia Kwao on 29th December 2011. In her amended petition filed on 15th July 2013, she prayed for a declaration that the marriage between her and Pascal Nuako Tchemo, the Respondent to the Petition is null and void, financial provision and cost. In his amended answer to the Petition filed on 15th December 2014, the Respondent also cross-petitioned for a declaration that the marriage is null and void, recovery of specified sums of money from the Petitioner and a number of properties acquired during the marriage. It is instructive to note from the onset that in their unamended petition and answer, both the Petitioner and the Respondent had prayed for dissolution of the marriage between them. On the evidence, the Petitioner is a Ghanaian and the Respondent is a Cameroonian-born Canadian citizen. Whilst doing business in Ghana, the Respondent met the Petitioner in Accra. The Respondent was an importer and wholesa...