YVONNE AFUA AKYEA BOAKYE, DR. LAWRENCE ADAI BOAKYE AND AMA DUA BOAKYE AND CONFISCATED ASSETS COMMITTEE [1997]DLCHRAJ5721

YVONNE AFUA AKYEA BOAKYE, DR. LAWRENCE ADAI BOAKYE AND AMA DUA BOAKYE AND CONF... [1997]DLCHRAJ5721

Date	1997-05-20
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/3777/96/1961
Citation No.	[1997]DLCHRAJ5721

EMILE F

[1997]DLCHRAJ5721
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">YVONNE AFUA AKYEA BOAKYE<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#00B050">, DR. LAWRENCE ADAI
BOAKYE AND AMA DUA BOAKYE<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(PETITIONERS)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">CONFISCATED ASSETS COMMITTEE <o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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Our
Ref: CHRAJ/3777/96/1961&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE:&nbsp; 20/05/1997<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#111100">EMILE F SHORT THE COMMISSIONER<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DECISION<o:p></o:p>

</div>The
petitioners herein are all the children of a businessman known as E.O Boakye
(popularly called Boakye Mattress).<o:p></o:p>It would be recalled that in the wake of the
1979 June coup d'etat all properties of Boakye Mattress were confiscated to the
state. The records indicate that in 1979 i.e. during the era of the AFR - Mr.
Boakye was tried, convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment and his
assets and those of his companies were confiscated to the state.<o:p></o:p>However before the AFRC left office the
punishment was reviewed and it was decided that Mr. Boakye's business concerns
should be returned to him. This did not include properties personally owned by
him.<o:p></o:p>A petition in respect of Mr. Boakye's
business concerns came before me some time in August 1996 and in a ruling given
that same month I made an order that his business concerns should be returned
to him.<o:p></o:p>The present petition has been lodged by three
of the children of Mr. Boakye. &nbsp;They
claim that some properties which are believed to belong to their father, Mr. Boakye
and therefore which remain confiscated to the state are infact owned by them
and not their father.<o:p></o:p>The properties being claimed by the
petitioners are as follows:-<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">1. H/No. 14 Mmatei Land North Labone, Accra<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">&nbsp;2. Unnumbered House, East
Cantonments, Accra<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">&nbsp;3. Plot No. 61 Aviation Road,
Accra and;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">4. Plot No. 15 Airport Residential Area, Accra<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;All
these properties have been listed in the Confiscated Assets (Removal of Doubt)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Law
1993 PNDC Law 325 as confiscated on the grounds that they belong to <o:p></o:p>Mr., Boakye.<o:p></o:p>The only issue for determination in this case
is whether at the time of confiscation the properties listed above belonged to
the petitioners or to Mr. Boakye. In short the issue is who owned those
properties at the time they were taken over by the Confiscated Assets
Committ</main>