ROBERT BOAFO-ADU AND MRS. BOAFO-ADU vs. FATI ABUBAKAR, SALAMATU ABUBAKAR AND MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR [2022]DLHC11647

ROBERT BOAFO-ADU AND MRS. BOAFO-ADU vs. FATI ABUBAKAR, SALAMATU ABUBAKAR AND MO... [2022]DLHC11647

Date	2022-06-17
Suit No.	SUIT NO: E1/108/19
Citation No.	[2022]DLHC11647

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE J.

BEN ACKAAH-GYASI ESQ FOR PLAINTIFFS

SAMUEL K. AGBOTTAH ESQ FOR DEFENDANTS

[2022]DLHC11647
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ROBERT
BOAFO-ADU AND MRS. BOAFO-ADU<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>FATI ABUBAKAR,
SALAMATU ABUBAKAR AND MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<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;">

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>BEN ACKAAH-GYASI
ESQ 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;">

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K. AGBOTTAH ESQ FOR DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE
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;On
24th September, 2019 Plaintiffs instituted action against the
Defendants seeking the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>i.
A declaration that the Plaintiffs are the owners of the entire Plot No.1 land,
situate at West Fijai.<o:p></o:p>ii.
A perpetual injunction against the Defendants, their successors, assigns and
their heirs restraining them from further dealing with any portion of Plot
No.1, West Fijai, the Property of the Plaintiffs.<o:p></o:p>iii.
Recovery of the sum of GH¢31,690.90 [Thirty-One Thousand and Sixty-Nine Ghana
Cedis Ninety Pesewas] being the total cost for the removal of debris and
reconstruction of the Fence Wall.<o:p></o:p>iv.
Any further relief(s) this Honourable Court deems fit.<o:p></o:p>v.
Costs<o:p></o:p>The
Defendants on 26/9/2019 entered Appearance by their Lawyers and subsequently
filed their Statement of Defence on 14/10/2019. Upon service of the Defendants
Statement of Defence, the Plaintiffs on 31/10/19 filed their Reply in response
to the aforesaid Statement of Defence.<o:p></o:p>At
the close of pleadings, this Court adopted the following Issues for
determination:<o:p></o:p>a.
Whether or not the Plaintiffs have trespassed unto the Defendants’ land with
their Fence Wall and their Water Reservoir.<o:p></o:p>b.
Whether or not the Plaintiffs are entitled to the sum of GH¢31,069.90 being the
cost for destruction occasioned by the Defendants.<o:p></o:p>c.
Whether or not the Plaintiffs are entitled to their claim.<o:p></o:p>d.
Any other issue(s) that may arise from the fence of the Pleadings.<o:p></o:p>PLAINTIFF’S CASE<o:p></o:p>It
is the case of the Plaintiffs that, in the year 1998, they were granted a piece
of land numbered Plot No. N1 situate at West Fijai for residential purpose. An
indenture of lease executed in their favour and duly registered at the Lands
Commission was tendered into evidence as Exhibit “A”. A building permit was
also tendered as Exhibit “B”. <o:p></o:p>The
case of the Plaintiffs is that as bonafide owners of Plot No. N1, West Fijai,
they have the absolute right to determine its use and the structures to put
thereon. That they (Plaintiffs) were the first to settle in the disputed area
having acquired their Plot No. N1 from Nana Atta Komfo, Chief of Ntankoful in
the year 2001. That in the bid to protect their property they erected a
concrete fence wall around their building and subsequently built a water reservoir
on their Land for their domestic use owing to the fact that water was very
difficult to come by in the area. Plaintiffs admit that when the 3rd Defendant
acquired his plot of land, he came to share boundary with theirs at one side.<o:p></o:p>The
gravamen of the Plaintiffs case is that the Defendants without any justifiable
basis demolished their fence wall and the water reservoir situate on their plot
of land and as a result brought unto them untold hardships and exposed them to
miscreants. Photos of the said destruction and estimated cost of reconstruction
were tendered into evidence as Exhibits “C” and “D” respectively Plaintiffs say
that the unjustifiable conduct of the Defendants has led to the instant action.<o:p></o:p>DEFENDANT’S CASE<o:p></o:p>The
case of the Defendants is that in the year 2002, the 3rd Defendant
was granted a piece of land that used to be a rubbish dump for his use as a
residential plot. This piece of land was pillared and numbered as Plot No. N6
and it shares boundary on one side</main>