SETH KWEI ABRAHAM AND DAVID OKPOTI ADJEI vs. ALHAJI MUSTAPHA BAROUDI AND ALHAJIA AMINA BAROUDI [2019]DLHC16511

SETH KWEI ABRAHAM AND DAVID OKPOTI ADJEI vs. ALHAJI MUSTAPHA BAROUDI AND ALHAJI... [2019]DLHC16511

Date	2019-11-11
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD 0391/2017
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC16511

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

KWESI ADJENIM-BOATENG WITH CONSTANCE QUIST FOR PLAINTIFFS.

GEORGE ANKOMA MENSAH WITH CECIL METTLE NUNOO FOR DEFENDANTS.

[2019]DLHC16511
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SETH KWEI
ABRAHAM AND DAVID OKPOTI ADJEI <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ALHAJI
MUSTAPHA BAROUDI AND ALHAJIA AMINA BAROUDI
<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

SUIT NO. LD 0391/2017&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: 11TH&nbsp;NOVEMBER 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>KWESI ADJENIM-BOATENG WITH CONSTANCE QUIST FOR
PLAINTIFFS.<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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

</div>CORAM<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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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

</div>&nbsp;Introduction<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This case raises
interesting issues of land acquisition from some families in the Greater Accra
Region.&nbsp; There is no doubt that the land
in dispute is originally family land.&nbsp; The
plaintiffs claim that the land in dispute is their family land with the family
being the Paulo and Abraham Family of Awua We, Oyarifa.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The defendants
claim that they got the land in dispute from the Agbawe Family of La.&nbsp; The plaintiffs however assert that the Agbawe
Family is made up of six gates namely the Awua We, Kplen We, Asua We, Otopa We,
Owusu We and Kpobi We, each of which own their respective lands;&nbsp; and as a subset of the Awua We family, the
Paulo and Abraham Family also own their lands which include the land in
dispute.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;All the parties
generally agree that in the 1970s, Nii Sowah Oblie (variously referred to as
Nee Sowa Obiri, Nii Sowah Oblee and Nii Sowa Obiri) the overall head of the
Agbawe Family was the rightful person responsible for the alienation of any of
the lands belonging to any of the Quarters of the Agbawe Family. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiffs’ Case<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the
plaintiffs’ case that in 1976, the defendants approached their head of family,
one Paulo Akpor, for a portion of their family land for farming purposes.&nbsp; Paulo Akpor took them to an area of their
family land popularly known as ‘binademo’
and showed them the extent of the family land. After negotiations, Paulo Akpor
agreed to grant the land to the defendants for a period of fifty (50) years for
the purposes of farming only. After the grant, the defendants immediately took
possession of the land and commenced their farming activities on the land.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiffs
assert that they recently discovered that the defendants have stopped their
farming activities and had commenced the construction of a fence wall around
the land. Members of their family protested against the construction on the
ground that the land was given to the defendants for farming purposes only.
This led to the defendants putting a halt to the activity and they indicated
that they would contact the plaintiffs’ family for an amicable resolution of
the dispute but this never happened.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiffs
assert that in 2014, a delegation of the family went to see the 2nd
defendant in her office to lodge a formal complaint about the defendants’
activities on the</main>