BENTUM @ NANA KWANNAN KOFI BENTUM (SUING FOR HIMSELF AND AS THE HEAD OF THE TEKYINA FAMILY) V. EWUSI & 2 ORS

JUDGMENT

The Plaintiff is a principal elder and head of the Tekyina family of Gomoa Akramang in the Central Region of the Republic of Ghana. The Plaintiff describes the 1st Defendant as a member of the family and the 2nd Defendant as an estate development entity as well as a trespasser on the Plaintiff’s family land.

According to the Plaintiff, the Tekyina family of Gomoa Akramang has had only one head and the Plaintiff is presently the only head of the family. The Tekyina family of Gomoa Akramang is a very large family possessing lands situate at Gomoa Akramang, Gomoa Amoanda and Kwagyan Kwaa village near Agona Mankrong. The Plaintiff maintains strongly that there is only one Tekyina family of Gomoa Akramang and that there is no Tekyina family of either Gomoa Amoanda and/or Kwagyan Kwaa village near Agona Mankrong.

The Plaintiff states that, apart from the family land situate at Gomoa Akramang which is under his direct care, it is the custom for the head of the Tekyina family of Gomoa A…