THEOPHILUS ADJETEY vs. PHILIP KWAME AGBAYOMEH AND TEMA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

The facts of this case are that the Second Defendant is charged with the planning, management and development of land within the Tema Acquisition Area. In 1994, per a written agreement between the second Defendant and the Nungua Traditional Council (hereinafter called the NTC), the former released a parcel of land in Communities 16 & 17 to the latter for purposes of allocation to its indigenes. The latter thereafter became responsible for the allocation of the land released to them. The second Defendant in the said agreement assumed the responsibility of regularizing allocations made by the NTC. By so doing, it prepares formal leases for those who have been allocated lands by the NTC. In May 2011, the Plaintiff was allocated Plot No. RP/16/C/68, Community 16 at Tema by the NTC. He applied to TDC for regularization, which was accepted and processed. However, TDC later received a letter from the NTC cancelling the Plaintiff’s allocation. The letter further informed the second Defendan.....