ABDUL RASHID MOHAMMED DANIEL ABDALLAH vs. HAJIA MENUNA SHADOW [2018]DLCA6171

Date	2018-12-06
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/108/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA6171

K. A. ACQUAYE J.A. (PRESIDING)

ACKAH YENSU (MISS) J.A.

I. O. TANKO AMADU J.A.

KWADWO ADDEAH SAFO FOR THE DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS

BELINDA PWAMANG FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2018]DLCA6171
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ABDUL RASHID MOHAMMED DANIEL ABDALLAH<o:p></o:p>[DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS]<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>HAJIA MENUNA SHADOW<o:p></o:p>[PLAINTIFF/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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SUIT
NO. H1/108/2018&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
6TH DECEMBER, 2018&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWADWO ADDEAH SAFO FOR THE
DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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BELINDA
PWAMANG FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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K. A. ACQUAYE J.A.
(PRESIDING), ACKAH YENSU (MISS)
J.A., I. O. TANKO AMADU J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>ACQUAYE, J. A. <o:p></o:p>This
is the judgment in respect of an appeal filed on 27th February 2017
against the decision of a High Court in Accra delivered on 17th
February 2017 which revoked the letters of administration granted to the
defendants/appellants in respect of the estate of the late Mohammed Abubakari.<o:p></o:p>On
21st August 2013 the plaintiff/respondent issued a writ of summons
in the High Court, Accra claiming against the defendants/appellants: -<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order for revocation of the letters of Administration in respect of the estate
of Mohammed Abubakari<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order for defendants to return any moveable and immoveable assets of the estate
they have dealt with<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perpetual
injunction restraining defendants from having anything to do with the estate of
the deceased<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff’s case was that she is the only surviving widow of Mohammed Abubakari
by virtue of a traditional moslem marriage in 1994 and under the Marriage Ordinance
Cap 127 in October 2008.&nbsp; Mohammed
Abubakari died intestate on 18th March 2013 after they had one
issue, a minor called Baisha Mohammed.&nbsp;
The plaintiff stated that the 1st defendant is the eldest son
of the late Mohammed Abubakari with his first divorced wife Ramatu Shaibu
whilst the 2nd defendant is his brother.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>According
to the plaintiff on 23rd May 2013 the two defendants filed an
application at the High Court for the grant to them of letters of
administration to administer the estate of her deceased husband without her
knowledge, in which application, they falsely stated that the deceased was
survived by two widows when they knew that the first wife Ramatu Shaibu took
the late Mohammed Abubakari to court in Paris for divorce which was granted on
19th March 1998.&nbsp; The
plaintiff complained that nor did the defendants add her as an applicant
neither did they post any notices of the application for letters of
administration on the last known place of abode of the deceased where the
plaintiff also lived as required by law.&nbsp;
The plaintiff stated that she and her only daughter with the deceased
have the largest interest in the estate and as such have the first priority in
the application for letters of administration.&nbsp;
The plaintiff testified that the 1st defendant is at odds
with her and with his mother regularly came to her matrimonial home to insult
her and her husband so he cannot be expected to faithfully administer the
estate of the deceased hence her claims.<o:p></o:p>The
defendants denied the claims of the plaintiff and the 1st defendant
contended that the divorce of his parents was a divorce of convenience arranged
so that the government of France will financially support his mother and seven
children when the father lost his job in France.&nbsp; The </main>