DUMGYA V. SPORTS COUNCIL OF GHANA

ANIN J.A.

The plaintiff-appellant (hereafter called the plaintiff) for herself as the administratrix of the estate of Kofi Asabere (deceased) and his dependents instituted this action in the Kumasi Circuit Court claiming damages for the negligence of the defendant corporation resulting in the fatal injury to the deceased on or about 22 March 1970.

The statement of claim averred that the said Kofi Asabere went to the Kumasi Sports Stadium on the said date to witness a football match organised by the defendants, who are responsible for sports and for the maintenance of all sports stadia in Ghana, including the Kumasi Sports Stadium. At the close of the match, the said Kofi Asabere was walking by one of the walls of the stadium leading to an exit from the stadium when the said wall suddenly collapsed and fell upon him. He later died from the serious injuries he sustained when crushed by the falling wall. The plaintiff maintained that the collapse of the wall was due to the defendants’ negl…