HUMPHREY CHIKA EMMANUEL vs. WALTER DEKU

Introduction: [1] The Plaintiff, Humphrey Chika Emmanuel, is a businessman and a tenant of the Defendant Walter Deku who is the owner of property, known and called No. 19 Konkonte Street located at Kokomlemle in Accra. The Plaintiff contends that he has rented a shop in the frontage of the house and an office space in the main building for over five years. According to him the Defendant in February 2017 offered the entire property to him for a lease because of a threat by the Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA) to him to renovate the house or have it sealed by the AMA. The Plaintiff says he accepted the offer and a leasehold agreement was executed between them for a term of fifteen years. The Plaintiff further contends that he thereafter started the renovation of the house but same is stalled because to his utter surprise contrary to the assurance given to him by the Defendant the tenants in the house refused to vacate the premises because the Defendant has renewed the tenancies of som...