KWABENA SAFO NYANOR vs. ELSIE NANA AMA OBUOBI

JUDGMENT Introduction This case brings to the fore issues with respect to who is the rightful person to validly alienate Amrahia lands. Both parties to this suit are ad idem that the land in dispute belongs to the Nii Amoah Okromansah family of Amrahia. While the plaintiff claims that the rightful head of the said family is Nii Ashong Kojo III from whom he got his grant in 2015, the defendant asserts that the current head of the Nii Amoah Okromansah family of Amrahia is Powell Abraham Ashirifi Gogo but at the time she acquired the land in the year 2008, the rightful head was Nuumo Emmanuel Amenong Kwashie. Plaintiff’s Case It is the plaintiff’s case that he acquired the land in dispute from the Nii Amoah Okromansah family in the year 2015 through its lawful head Nii Ashong Kojo III who also doubles as the chief of Amrahia. His search at the Lands Commission revealed that the land belonged to his grantor family headed by Nii Ashong Kojo III. The said Nii Ashong Kojo I...