PATIENCE ABAYATEYE ADABANKA vs. KWAME AGAU [2023]DLHC17137

Date	2023-03-17
Suit No.	SUIT NO: E1/014/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC17137

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE RITA AGYEMAN-BUDU (MRS)

MR. LIVINGSTONE LARTEY AMEEVOR FOR PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT

MR. BENJAMIN ZIGORSH-NYAKPENU FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2023]DLHC17137
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PATIENCE ABAYATEYE ADABANKA<o:p></o:p>

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vs.<o:p></o:p>

KWAME AGAU<o:p></o:p>

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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">SUIT NO: E1/014/2023&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;DATE: 17TH MARCH 2023<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

MR. LIVINGSTONE LARTEY AMEEVOR FOR PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT <o:p></o:p>

MR. BENJAMIN
ZIGORSH-NYAKPENU FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE RITA
AGYEMAN-BUDU (MRS)<o:p></o:p>

RULING<o:p></o:p>

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Plaintiff/Applicant herein Patience Abayateye Adabanka filed this Motion for Interlocutory
Injunction under Order 25 rule 1 of C.I
47 on the 18th
of November, 2022 praying for an Order to restrain the
Defendant/Respondent herein, his Agents, Servants, Workmen, Privies and any other person(s) dealing
with the land in dispute in any manner whatsoever adverse to
the Plaintiff/Applicant interest pending the final determination of the instant
suit.<o:p></o:p>

It is
Plaintiff/Applicant’s case that her late father acquired the subject matter
land from the Agau family and they have been in possession of the said land for
about eight (8) years.<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;

That a private company
approached her family for space to erect a mast
for MTN. At the commencement
of the construction of the same mast, the Defendant led a group of land guards
to destroy the ongoing project with the explanation that he was taking the land back.<o:p></o:p>

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This resulted in some of the workmen
sustaining injuries.<o:p></o:p>

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It is
Plaintiff/Applicant’s case that Defendant’s/Respondent’s conduct constitutes
trespass on the land and is therefore praying the court to restrain the
Defendant/Respondent, his Workmen, Privies, Allies, Assigns and anyone working
through him from having any further dealings with the land till final
determination of this suit.<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;

In opposing
this application, Defendant/Respondent filed his Affidavit in Opposition on the 13th of December 2022 and states that
the late husband of Plaintiff/Applicant purchased the land from his family
which he is the current head.<o:p></o:p>

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That per the
Plaintiff/Applicant’s Exhibit 1 (An Indenture dated 19th
July, 2014), it is clear that the land acqu</main>