NANA YAA KONADU vs. ALHAJI ABDUL RASHID

OFOE, J.A: This is a supporting judgment to that delivered by my brother Justice Acquaye. I am in agreement with the facts as stated in his judgment and his brief narration of the evidence of the parties. I am also in agreement as to the distribution and the order that the property be distributed in those proportions. I will refer to the appellant as the respondent and the respondent in this appeal as the petitioner, that is the description as they were in the trial court. The record of appeal discloses a straight forward case of dispute over ownership of properties acquired during marriage by parties recently divorced by the trial High Court. The petitioner in her divorce petition stated in paragraph 7 as follows: “7. The petitioner says that they have not jointly acquired any property during the subsistence of their said monogamous marriage except that both parties have a fifty-fifty share in NAYAK Co. Ltd”. This paragraph was fiercely challenged by the respondent. In his am...