HAJIA MUTIATU SAFIANU vs. MUSTAPHA MOHAMMED [2020]DLHC10114

Date	2020-01-20
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ 1907/2017
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC10114

JUSTICE GEORGE BUADI J.

ABUKARI ABDULAI FOR PLAINTIFF.

JOSEPH KWAKU GYIMAH FOR DEFENDANT.

[2020]DLHC10114
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >HAJIA MUTIATU SAFIANU<o:p></o:p>(Plaintiff)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MUSTAPHA MOHAMMED<o:p></o:p>(Defendant)<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;">

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NO. GJ 1907/2017&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; DATE: 20 JANUARY 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ABUKARI ABDULAI FOR PLAINTIFF.<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;">

JOSEPH KWAKU
GYIMAH FOR DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE GEORGE BUADI J.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;1.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Background<o:p></o:p>1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
parties in this suit hail from the same family. Plaintiff is the daughter of
and in fact the administratrix of the estate of her late mother Memunatu
Alhassan (MA) who died on 19 July 1994. Defendant is the cousin of plaintiff’s
late mother MA. The subject matter property in issue is just a quarter plot of
land containing two bedroom self-contained apartment on a land also described
as H/No. C50/9, New Town, Accra. The larger plot is owned by plaintiff’s late
mother. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;1.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plaintiff
seeks to recover the land on which defendant had built his two bedroom
self-contained apartment claiming that the land belonged to her late mother,
and that it formed part of the estate of her deceased mother. &nbsp;Defendant’s case is that the one-quarter plot
of land that apparently is contained in the larger land was gifted to him by
plaintiff’s late mother. Plaintiff’s late mother ordinarily lived on the larger
part of the land prior to her death in July 1994. Though appearing to bear the
same description, the land in issue is different and does not appear to be the
same property on which plaintiff’s late mother owned and lived prior to her
death in July 1994. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;1.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With
intent as administratix, ostensibly to take full charge of the estate of her
deceased mother, plaintiff commenced the instant suit against defendant for the
following reliefs as contained in her an amended writ of summons<a href="file:///C:/Users/aggie/Desktop/2020-21/Criminal/Hajia%20M%20Safianu%20(2021_01_25%2010_26_20%20UTC).docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="">[1]</a>:
<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;i&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery
of possession of the said quarter plot situate at New Town, Accra, and<o:p></o:p>ii&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perpetual
injunction restraining the Defendant and his agents from dealing with the said
parcel of land.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;2.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Statements of the parties<o:p></o:p>2.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plaintiff’s
case<o:p></o:p>According to plaintiff, the subject matter property
in dispute belong to her late mother MA during her lifetime and that her mother
allowed defendant who had then been ejected from his place of abode “to put up
a kiosk or container” on the piece of land in dispute. Plaintiff states that her
late mother’s kindness to defendant was just a temporary offer, and that on the
death of her mother in 1994, elders of the family including defendant’s father,
as well as children of the late MA orally and also by writing asked defendant
to vacate the property to allow beneficiaries of the estate to take possession.
<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiff’s claim is that defendant had refused and
ignored demands and warnings to quit the property and not to put any permanent
structure thereon. Plaintiff raises fraud on the part of defendant, first by
evicting a tenant that plaintiff’s sister put on the property, and second by
acquiring forged documents that falsely claims that “the property was given to
him after the death of [p]laintiff’s mother” and usi</main>