KWABENA SAFO NYANOR V. ELSIE NANA AMA OBUOBI

JUDGMENT

GYIMAH J.

Introduction

This case brings to the fore issues with respect to who is the rightful person to validly  alienate Amrahia lands. Both parties to this suit are ad idem that the land in dispute  belongs to the Nii Amoah Okromansah family of Amrahia. While the plaintiff claims  that the rightful head of the said family is Nii Ashong Kojo III from whom he got his  grant in 2015, the defendant asserts that the current head of the Nii Amoah  Okromansah family of Amrahia is Powell Abraham Ashirifi Gogo but at the time she  acquired the land in the year 2008, the rightful head was Nuumo Emmanuel Amenong  Kwashie.  

Plaintiff’s Case 

It is the plaintiff’s case that he acquired the land in dispute from the Nii Amoah  Okromansah family in the year 2015 through its lawful head Nii Ashong Kojo III who  also doubles as the chief of Amrahia. His search at the Lands Commission revealed  that the land belonged to his grantor family headed by Nii Ashong Kojo III. The said  Nii Ashong Ko…