DR. LANSINA MUMUNI vs. MADAM FATIMATAH MUMUNI [2017]DLCA5308

Date	2017-06-01
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO. H1/64/14
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA5308

K. A. ACQUAYE JA (PRESIDING)

B. ACKAH-YENSU JA

A.S.K. GYAN JA

MR. RAYMOND BAGNABU FOR APPELLANT

EDITH AKIWUMI FOR RESPONDENT

[2017]DLCA5308
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DR. LANSINA MUMUNI<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MADAM FATIMATAH MUMUNI<o:p></o:p>(PETITIONER/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO. H1/64/14&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; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 1ST
JUNE, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR. RAYMOND BAGNABU FOR
APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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EDITH
AKIWUMI FOR RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>ACKAH-YENSU, JA<o:p></o:p>Dr. Lansina Mumuni,
the original Respondent in this matter,&nbsp;
trained as a medical officer in the then West Germany and returned to
Ghana in 1971 when he met the Petitioner, Madam Fatimatah Mumuni, the
Petitioner, then a young nurse. While the two of them were working at Korle Bu
Teaching Hospital Accra, a relationship started.&nbsp; They both hail from Wa in the Upper West
Region.&nbsp; Shortly after, the Respondent
was posted to Tamale to work in the hospital and the Petitioner joined him
there. From Tamale, Respondent was posted to Salaga Hospital and he went with the
Petitioner. During this period the Parties had their first child. In 1973
Respondent won another scholarship to do his specialization course in West
Germany. In 1975, the Petitioner joined him there but due to language
difficulties he relocated her to London.&nbsp;
They had two additional children in 1977 and 1982.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Petitioner
filed a petition on 14th July 2006 for divorce on grounds that the
marriage between them had broken down beyond reconciliation.&nbsp; The Petitioner stated that she and the Respondent
were married under Wala custom in April 1970.&nbsp;
The Petitioner’s claim is that the Parties jointly acquired two houses
at Achimota and Tamale and she acquired one by herself at Dzorwulu. It is
Petitioner’s further claim that the Respondent had rented out the houses at
Achimota and Tamale to people and organizations without rendering any accounts
to her and had also used her self-acquired property at Dzorwulu as a Guest
House.&nbsp; That, as a result of Respondent’s
behaviour she could not reasonably be expected to live with the Respondent any longer.&nbsp; She therefore prayed for the following
reliefs:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;“<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the said marriage be dissolved.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the Respondent be made to account for
all the rents collected from the three houses.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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