[2017]DLCA4834 • July 18, 2017 • Court of Appeal
GUO-NAA SANYE, MUO-NAA KAWMINE-NYE AND KANTEI MAALO-DUONG vs. ASUMA GEWURA, SUMAILA ABAKORO, JEBUNI BADDUO, GUO-NAA MEBO AND MWINI MAHAMA
The Appellants, claiming as royals and representatives of Guo Skin, initiated legal action seeking declaration of title to disputed lands, injunctions against Respondents, and recovery of lands granted to developers. They asserted ancestral settlement and chieftaincy rights through their ancestor Dakpang. The Respondents denied Appellants' title, claiming the land as Guo Katume family land, tracing ancestral settlement to Tokpara, a hunter, who retained ritual control while delegating chieftaincy to Dakpangu. The dispute is essentially between two sections of the Guo community: the royals (Appellants) and the Tindaamba or first settlers (Respondents).
read moreBARBARA ACKAH-YENSU (Ms) JA This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court, Wa delivered on 3rd May 2016. The Plaintiffs/Appellants (referred to hereafter as the Appellants), pray this Court to reverse the judgment of the trial Court. These are the matters that have given rise to the instant appeal. The Appellants commenced an action on 29th October 2013 against Respondents claiming inter alia a declaration of title to the disputed lands; injunction to restrain the Respondents from the said land, and also; an order for recovery of all lands Respondents had granted to Developers. The Appellants brought the action on their own behalf and on behalf of Guo Skin. The supporting facts of the Appellants claim was that their ancestor, Dakpang, was the first to settle on the land, and also became the first Chief of Guo land. The Respondents vehemently opposed the action denying the title of the Appellants to the land and challenged the capacity of the Appellants to bring ...