BUKARI ATIIGA AKUSI (PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY) AND AWUDU ATIIGA AKUSI vs. MUSAH NINCHEMAH, BUKARI NINCHEMAH, MORO AYAMBA AND DANIEL APIAWIN

The plaintiff filed the instant suit in the Registry of this Court on 26th June, 2015. From the pleadings, a core issue is the determination of the boundary between two villages, namely, Bulugu and Kolpeligu, both in the Pusiga Traditional Area of the Upper East Region. Whereas the plaintiff asserted that a key boundary feature between the villages is a stream called Kultis which takes its source from Kultis sub-village in Bulugu, the defendant held out that the main boundary is the Missiga-Kulungugu road, insisting there is no village known as Kultis in the location of the disputed area. He acknowledged the existence of the name Kultis in the area but said it refers to a shrine which belongs to Kolpeligu village though his answers during cross-examination by counsel for the plaintiff, Mr Tater, suggest Kultis exits as a village without a headman because he had not appointed one for the settlement. Plaintiff’s response is that the springing up of both villages predated the construct.....