LYDIA AKWANDUA QUARCOO AHELE (SUING AS ADMINISTRATIX OF THE ESTATE OF JAMA AHELE ZINABU) AND ABIBA AWUDU ADJONAKO vs. ALHAJI BABA SALIFU AND SOLOMON KWABENA TETTEH [2019]DLHC9124

LYDIA AKWANDUA QUARCOO AHELE (SUING AS ADMINISTRATIX OF THE ESTATE OF JAMA AHELE... [2019]DLHC9124

Date	2019-02-06
Suit No.	SUIT NO. FAL/191/14
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9124

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

ROBERT SUMAA FOR G. S. AIDOO FOR PLAINTIFFS

ROBERTSON KPATSA FOR DEFENDANTS

[2019]DLHC9124
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >LYDIA AKWANDUA QUARCOO
AHELE (SUING AS ADMINISTRATIX OF THE ESTATE OF JAMA AHELE ZINABU) AND ABIBA
AWUDU ADJONAKO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ALHAJI BABA SALIFU AND
SOLOMON KWABENA TETTEH<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION), 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. FAL/191/14 &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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
20TH JUNE, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ROBERT SUMAA FOR G. S. AIDOO
FOR PLAINTIFFS&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="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ROBERTSON
KPATSA FOR DEFENDANTS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

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HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The 1st Plaintiff commenced
this action against the Defendants in her capacity as administrator of the
estate of the late Jama Ahele Zinabu (deceased). According to the Plaintiffs,
the late Jama Ahele Zinabu, died intestate on the 25th of September
2005 and on the 11th of June 2013, Letters of Administration of her Estate
were granted to the Plaintiffs by the High Court Accra. Plaintiffs’ claim that
they are royals and members of the Abbey We Division of the Odai Ntow family
from which chiefs are selected to occupy the Kwabenya Stool.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiffs say that the deceased, Jama
Ahele Zinabu, was the daughter of the late Ahele Quarcoo and a niece of the
then chief of Kwabenya, Ahele Quarshie. During the reign of Ahele Quarshie, the
deceased, by virtue of being a member of the royal family, and with the tacit
approval of principal members of the said family, reduced into her possession a
large tract of land by cultivating a farm. The land in dispute falls within the
said tract of land. The Plaintiffs say that the deceased went into possession
of this piece of land by cultivating various crops and also constructed a
building on a section of the land in dispute. Subsequently, her right to
possession of the said land was confirmed by a customary grant. It is the
testimony of the Plaintiffs that the deceased submitted a smaller section of
the large tract of land she possessed to the Land Title Registry Division of
the Lands Commission for Title registration.<o:p></o:p>Plaintiffs further claim that sometime
in 2012 a gang of thugs threatened to demolish the deceased’s building and
ordered her to vacate her building for her own safety claiming that the Defendants
had acquired the land from Nii Abbey Okanfra, the cousin of the deceased.
Again, in 2013, the Defendants threatened to demolish the deceased’s building
claiming they had a court order to that effect. According to the Plaintiffs,
the said Nii Abbey Okanfra, who later succeeded his father Ahele Quarshie, as
chief of Kwabenya, lived and worked at Tema and could not have acquired the
land in dispute since their deceased&nbsp;
mother was, at all material times, in possession of same. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It is Plaintiffs claim that neither the
deceased nor they, the Plaintiffs, have been made party to any suit in relation
to the disputed land in respect of which judgment has been given against the
estate of the deceased. Plaintiffs claim that if there is any such judgment
then it must have been procured by fraud, mistake or against the rules of
natural justice.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiffs therefore claim, against the
Defendants, the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
of title to all that piece or parcel of land situate, lying and bei</main>