NAA LEWISA NELSON vs. SLEDGE DUODU AND ALHAJI TAOFEEK SULLEY

RULING In this Application, the Defendants/Applicants are praying for an Order staying Execution of the Judgment of this Court, differently constituted, dated 5th day of January, 2023 pending the determination of the appeal filed. According to the Applicant, his structures were on the land long before the Respondent instituted his action. Apparently, he first obtained a lease from the Numo Nmashie Family in June, 2009 and it was during a search he conducted at the Lands Commission with a view of registering his interest before he became aware that the land is a Government Land forming part of the Accra-Tema Motorway Reservation. Upon discovery of that fact, he took steps to apply to the Lands Commission to regularize his title on 17–12– 2015 and the Lands Commission on 28–10–2019 wrote to the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to know the zoning status of the land. Applicant asserts that it was recently that the Respondent put a container on the land, which he objected to. It...