[2023]DLHC16318March 31, 2023High Court

MATAM BABA vs. CHIEF MAMA QUADRAGO AND HALIDU MOSHIE , ADAMS ABUKARI

JUDGMENT I wish to begin this Judgment by quoting Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 from the New International Version Bible. It provides: “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.” The above quotation in my opinion is appropriate in this case because of the antecedents of this case. The writ of summons was originally filed on 12th January, 1977 which is forty-six (46) years ago. Almost all the orig...