JONATHAN OBODAI SAI vs THE HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL & 2 ORS [2018]DLHC16742

Date	2018-11-01
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/1546/16
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC16742

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

AMON KOTEI

JASMIN ARMAH

[2018]DLHC16742
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">JONATHAN OBODAI SAI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">THE HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL &amp; 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&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; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SUIT NO. LD/1546/16&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 &nbsp;NOVEMBER 2018 <o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

AMON
KOTEI FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE
BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>The
Plaintiff, Jonathan Obodai Sai, is an estate developer, while the Defendants
are the Attorney General, the Minister of Defence and the Chief of the Defence
Staff. The facts of this case are that by a deed of lease dated 20th
November 2009 made between the East Dadekotopon Development Trust (hereafter
referred to as EDDT) (lessors therein) and the Plaintiff (lessee therein), the Plaintiff acquired
a parcel of land of approximately 11.822 acres in size. He subsequently
registered his interest in the land and obtained a land certificate number GA
44239 which was issued on 30th May 2014.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;According
to the Plaintiff, his grantors, EDDT, sued the Defendants herein in a suit
entitled East Dadekotopon Development
Trust v The Attorney General and 3 others (Suit NO. IRL/391/10). He stated
that in the said suit, judgment was entered in favour of his grantors against
the Defendants herein. Pursuant to the said judgment, the then Deputy Attorney
General, Honourable Dominic Ayine, convened a meeting in an attempt to reach a
compromise with his grantors; however,
the parties failed
to arrive at an amicable
agreement. As a result, Honourable Dominic Ayine wrote to the
Directorate of Legal Services, Ghana Armed Forces, and advised them to refrain
from interfering with his grantors’ quiet enjoyment of their land. The Plaintiff
claims that in spite of this development, the Defendants,
specifically the Ghana
Armed Forces, have forcefully entered
his land and are exercising
control over it. He prays for declaration of title, recovery of possession and
an order of perpetual injunction to restrain the Defendants from interfering
with his land.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;In their statement of defence, the Defendants denied the Plaintiff’s claim of