[2020]DLHC16705 • January 23, 2020 • High Court
MS ANNIE MARIE EKUBA ADE vs MR. THEOPHILUS ODONKOR, MR. ADOTEY ACQUAYE
JUDGMENT Plaintiff’s case is that her mother died in December 2008 when she was about Twenty-Six (26) years of age. Realizing her vulnerability at that time in her life, 1st Defendant approached her and offered to take care of her, as his daughter. Plaintiff claims that although she took 1st Defendant as a father figure in her life, he eventually seduced her. In the relationship that ensued between them, she informed 1st Defendant of her decision to acquire two (2) plots of land at Oyibi and the 1st Defendant offered to transact with the land owners on her behalf in order to protect her interests. She thus gave him an amount of Six Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢6,000.00) which she withdrew from her Prudential Bank account for payment of the two (2) plots of land. To her consternation however, the documents on these two (2) plots of land were prepared in the 1st Defendant’s name and when she protested, the 1st Defendant claimed it was a mistake and assuaged her fears by assuring ...