[2023]DLHC16318 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">MATAM BABA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">PLAINTIFF)</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CHIEF MAMA QUADRAGO AND HALIDU MOSHIE </span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0"> <span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">DEFENDANTS</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">ADAMS ABUKARI</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0"> <span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CO-DEFENDANT</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">[HIGH COURT, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">SUIT NO. LC4/77 DATE: 31</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 106%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">ST </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">MARCH 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">USTARZ JIBREEL SA-AD FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">KWAME A. BOAFO FOR THE DEFENDANTS AND THE CO- DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE FRANCIS OBIRI<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> <span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">I wish to begin this Judgment by quoting <b>Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 from the New International Version Bible. It provides: <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a time to be born and a time to die,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a time to plant and a time to uproot,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a time to kill and a time to heal,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a time to tear down and a time to build,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a time to weep and a time to laugh,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a time to mourn and a time to dance,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a time to embrace and a time to refrain,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a time to search and a time to give up,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a time to keep and a time to throw away,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a time to tear and a time to mend,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a time to be silent and a time to speak,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;marg