THE REPUBLIC vs. GHANA NATIONAL GAS COMPANY LTD, LANDS COMMISSION AND EBUSUAPANYIN PATRICK ERZUAH TANDOH EXPARTE: NANA ANOCHIE IV, TUMIVOLE KAKU ACKAH III AND ABUSUAPANYIN PATRICK HONLA

This instant suit then pending before the Human Rights Division of the High Court, Accra was transferred to this court, under the hand of the Honourable Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana, Her Ladyship Justice Sophia Abena Boafo Akuffo, to be dealt with expeditiously according to law. It is instructive that prior to the transfer, learned Counsel for the 3rd respondent had filed a notice of preliminary objection to the suit for the consideration of the court, on the grounds that: i The constitutional provisions under which the application is made are inapplicable in so far as title to the disputed land which is the subject matter of the compensation remains to be determined. ii. That there is currently pending before the High Court, Sekondi a writ of summons and statement of claim initiated by the 3rd res- pondent in which the applicants are parties and by which a decla- ration of title and the payment of compensation from the ...