IBRAHIM YACUBU V. TORFIKI MURTALA

J U D G M E N T 

Introduction 

The parties in this matter per the pleadings and the evidence on record were once very  good friends but a dispute over a 1998 model of Mercedes Benz ML 320 is what has  brought the parties to court and this has effectively strained an otherwise very good  relationship between the parties. 

Plaintiff’s Case 

It is the plaintiff’s case that he consigned a Mercedes Benz ML 320 vehicle to Ghana  together with other vehicles (Hyundai Sante Fe belonging to the defendant and a  Dodge Ram) and some general goods. The defendant cleared the goods on his behalf  and they put a selling price of US$25,000.00 (per the exchange rate at the time the  amount was approximately GH₵25,000.00) on the Mercedes Benz ML 320. 

It is the plaintiff’s case that he instructed the defendant to sell the vehicle at that price  failing which he should park the car. When the defendant was not getting a buyer for  the car, he instructed one Ahmed Issah Yakubu to retrieve the vehicle from t…