EVELYN NYARKOA OBENG AND VICTORIA SOLOMON vs. DAOUD ANUM YEMOH

Introduction: [1] The Plaintiffs, Victoria Solomon and Evelyn Nyarkoa Obeng are mother and daughter respectively. According to the pleadings the Defendant is a former Honourable member of Ghana’s Parliament and he represented the Obom-Domeabra Constituency in the Greater Accra Region. The Plaintiffs contend that sometime in or about the year 2000 they bought four plots of land (two each) situate at Lakeside Estates at Adenta in Accra from the Defendant for GH¢4,500 per plot. According to the Plaintiffs they believed the Defendant had capacity and authority to deal with them as the Lawful Attorney of the Anum Yemo family based on the representations he made to them. The Plaintiffs contend that after paying the money for the plots of land they deposited quarry stones and sand on the land to commence construction but they were confronted by land guards who drove them away on the grounds that their Vendor is not the owner of the land. [2] It is the case of the Plaintiffs that they ...