ABUSUAPANYILI OPPONG NWOLLEY AND AWULAE OTUMFOUR KAKU ACKAH III vs. AWULAE ANNOR ADJAYE III AND LANDS COMMISSION [2021]DLHC11618

ABUSUAPANYILI OPPONG NWOLLEY AND AWULAE OTUMFOUR KAKU ACKAH III vs. AWULAE ANNOR... [2021]DLHC11618

Date	2021-11-22
Suit No.	SUIT NO: E1/77/21
Citation No.	[2021]DLHC11618

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE J.

MS. PATIENCE ABLA GANYO FOR YAW ANOKYE ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPLICANTS

CONSTANTINE KUDZEDZI ESQ FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

KYEI BAFFOUR BRENTUOH ESQ FOR 2ND DEFENDANT.

[2021]DLHC11618
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ABUSUAPANYILI OPPONG NWOLLEY AND
AWULAE OTUMFOUR KAKU ACKAH III<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPL)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>AWULAE ANNOR ADJAYE III AND LANDS
COMMISSION&nbsp; (DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, SEKONDI]<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: E1/77/21&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: 22ND NOVEMBER, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>MS. PATIENCE ABLA GANYO FOR YAW ANOKYE ESQ. FOR
PLAINTIFFS/APPLICANTS<o:p></o:p>CONSTANTINE KUDZEDZI ESQ FOR 1ST
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BRENTUOH ESQ FOR 2ND DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>&nbsp;This
is an application by the Plaintiffs/Applicants, hereinafter referred to as “the
Applicants", praying for “an order to restrain the 1st
Defendant/Respondent herein from negotiating, claiming and alienating 20,000
acres of their land to government for the creation of an oil hub, receiving,
benefitting from or dealing with the 2nd Defendant or any other
entity with reference to the payment of compensation or other benefits
emanating from the oil hub project in any form or manner directly or otherwise
through himself, agents, assigns, privies, trustees or anybody lawfully
claiming through him from treating any piece or parcel of Nzema lands in any
manner that may be inimical to the Plaintiffs’ interest until the final
determination of the suit …”<o:p></o:p>The
background to the application is that on 16th March, 2021 the Applicants herein
issued a writ of summons against the Defendants herein seeking the following
reliefs:<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for the declaration of title to all
that piece or&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; parcel of land described
as sharing boundaries with the stool lands of Allowulley and Takinta, the Tano
river and the Gulf of Guinea.<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for the declaration that the defendant
cannot negotiate any matter relating to using any portion of the Plaintiff’s
land for the creation of an oil hub without their authorization, consent and concurrence.<o:p></o:p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery of possessions.<o:p></o:p>iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General damages for trespass.<o:p></o:p>v.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Perpetual injunction to restrain the
Defendant from dealing with the disputed property in a manner that may be
inimical to the interest of the Plaintiffs. <o:p></o:p>vi.