NWABU-IKE INDUSTRIES LTD vs ATTORNEY GENERAL & MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, MINISTRY OF TRADE & INDUSTRY,GHANA REVENUE AUTHORITY,GHANA IMMIGRATION SERVICE,GHANA POLICE SERVICE AND GHANA UNION TRADERS ASSOCIATION. [2023]DLCA16173

NWABU-IKE INDUSTRIES LTD vs ATTORNEY GENERAL & MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, MINISTRY OF... [2023]DLCA16173

Date	2023-07-20
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/107/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLCA16173

G.S SUURBAAREH J. A. (PRESIDING).

BAAH J.A.

AMALEBOBA (MRS) J.A.

KWASI AFRIFA ESQ.

KWAKU BOAKYE – BOATENG ESQ.

[2023]DLCA16173
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NWABU-IKE INDUSTRIES LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs<o:p></o:p>ATTORNEY GENERAL &amp; MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, MINISTRY OF TRADE
&amp; INDUSTRY,GHANA REVENUE AUTHORITY,GHANA IMMIGRATION SERVICE,GHANA POLICE
SERVICE AND GHANA UNION TRADERS ASSOCIATION.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<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;">

<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">CIVIL APPEAL
NO: H1/107/2023&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;<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">20TH JULY 2023.<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWASI AFRIFA ESQ. FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.<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><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">CORAM<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">G.S SUURBAAREH <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">&nbsp;J. A.
(PRESIDING).<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">BAAH J.A.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">AMALEBOBA (MRS) J.A.<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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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">&nbsp;AMALEBOBA
(MRS), J.A.<o:p></o:p>This is an Appeal by the Plaintiff/Appellant
(hereinafter referred to the Plaintiff), from the Ruling of the High Court,
Kumasi dated 13th December, 2021. The said Ruling granted the
Application filed on behalf of the 1st , 2nd , 4th
and 5th Defendants/Respondents&nbsp;
(hereinafter referred to as Defendants), to non – suit the said Defendants
on the grounds that they had no legal capacity to sue or be sued.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;In granting
the said Application, the High Court non – suited the 2nd, 3rd
, 4th and 5th Defendants and accordingly struck out their
names as parties to the suit. The propriety of non -suiting the 3rd
Defendant who was not a party to the Application, while making no orders
regarding the 1st Defendant, will be determined in this Judgment. By
this Appeal, the Plaintiff prays that the entire Ruling of the High Court, be
set aside.<o:p></o:p>The brief facts of this case are that the Plaintiff,
which asserts that it is an entity registered under the laws of the Republic of
Ghana, commenced an action in the High Court, against the six (6) Defendants
named in the suit.&nbsp; The gravamen of the
Plaintiff’s case was that each of these six (6) Defendants played various roles
in illegally shutting down two of its shops at Suame Magazine and Achamfuor
Shopping Centre, Kejetia, thereby bringing its business in the two shops to a
halt. According to the Plaintiff, this illegal action was premised on the wrong
assumption that the said businesses were Nigerian owned. The Plaintiff asserts
that in fact, the principal owner of the said businesses is a Ghanaian and only
assisted by her husband who is a Nigerian citizen, but permanently resident in
Ghana. <o:p></o:p>By the Plaintiff’s Writ of Summons, it sought among
other reliefs, a declaration that it is not a business owned by a foreigner,
particularly a Nigerian and to that extent, the forcible closure of two ( 2) of
its four (4) branches by the Defendants , acting in tandem and in concert is
wrong and unlawful, illegal and an infraction of the common law and
constitutional rights of the Plaintiff. <o:p></o:p>After pleadings were closed, the 1st, 2nd
, 4th and 5th Defendants, filed a Motion on Notice, praying the High
Court for an order to non – suit them, by striking out their names as
Defendants to the suit. The Plaintiff filed an Affidavit in opposition</main>