ASAFOATSE KPLA III vs. EDWINA ACQUAH

The facts of this case are that the Plaintiff, Asafoatse Kpla III, is a traditional ruler who lives in Nungua while the Defendant, Edwina Acquah, lives at Teshie. The Plaintiff’s case is that by a Deed of Assignment dated 11th April 2014, he acquired a parcel of land located at Okpoi Gonno in the Greater Accra Region from one Gladstone Sawyerr. His grantor also acquired his interest in the land in dispute from the Tsie We family of Teshie who are the registered proprietors of a larger parcel of land within which the one in dispute falls. Before assigning his interest in the land in dispute to the Plaintiff, the Plaintiff’s grantor had registered his title in the said land. The Plaintiff has also since obtained a Land Title Certificate covering the land in dispute. The Plaintiff claims that at the time he acquired the land in dispute, it was bounded on three (3) sides by developed and occupied properties which were enclosed by fence walls. The frontage which abuts a road ...