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AFARE APEADU DONKOR V. ECOBANK GHANA LTD & EDC STOCKBROKERAGE LTD.

(2020) JELR 112239 (CA)

Court of Appeal  •  H1/179/2019  •  22 Dec 2020  •  Ghana

Coram
Henry Kwofie, JA B. Mensah, JA Eric K. Baffour, JA

Appearances
Defendants/Appellants Represented by Kweku Otoo Wilson, Legal Officer at Ecobank Plaintiff/Respondent Present Nana Akosua Korankye Ankrah with Darkoa Akrofi-Amanor for Defendants/Appellants Present Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah with Bernice Ama Mortey and Safoa Nyarko Opoku for Plaintiff/Respondent Present

Judgement
<p style="text-align: center"><strong><u>JUDGMENT</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify">Baffour J.A:</p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><u>INTRODUCTION</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify">The personal decision of one Daniel Ofori to sell his shares at Cal Bank in 2008 to William Oppong Bio and the odour of suspicion smelled by the Bank of Ghana leading to its intervention to halt the transaction pending the Central Bank’s own investigations, led in its trail a decision by some of the actors to resile from the transaction. The effect has been a series of law suits. One of such suits was commenced by Daniel Ofori against Ecobank Ghana Ltd and Another, where he contended that at the time Bank of Ghana suspended the transaction, the transaction had settled and was entitled to his money. Despite the success of Daniel Ofori at the High Court and the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court in Suit No J4/11/2016 dated 25th July, 2016 has concluded that the share transfer agreement had settled and Oppong Bio had become the owner of the shares. Also in a related action, the Plaintiff/Respondent herein (referred to as “the Respondent” hereinafter) comme…</p>

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