SCONES SECURITY LTD. vs. ABUBAKARI MOHAMMED ALIAS ZANJINA ISSAHAKU SOSO

JUDGMENT PROF. MENSA-BONSU JSC: The appellant is seeking to invoke the appellate jurisdiction of this Honourable Court under Article 131 of the Constitution of Ghana, 1992 to overturn the unanimous decision of the Court of Appeal, sitting in Tamale, dated 24th June, 2022. Facts and Background: The case concerned a dispute over a piece of land Plot No. 14 Blk “A”, South East Vittin Residential Area, Tamale over which both plaintiff and defendant claimed ownership. The plaintiff company (hereinafter ‘plaintiff), based its claim to Plot No. 1.4 Blk “A”, South East Vittin Residential Area, Tamale, to an allocation made to one Mohammed Yakubu in 2008 by the Vittin Lana Sayibu Yabanin. An Allocation Letter was duly issued to him and confirmed by Alhaji Ziblim Abdulai, the regent of Gulkpegu. The said Mohammed Yakubu applied for a 99-year lease to the Lands Commission in 2011, but subsequently transferred his interest in the said plot to the plaintiff. In 2013, the plaintiff...