LAWRENCE ACQUAH & 4 ORS V. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE & 4 ORS
(2023) JELR 112117 (HC)
High Court
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HR/0086/2021
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23 Mar 2023
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Ghana
Coram
BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS.), J
Appearances
IVY VANDERPUIJE (P.S.A) FOR THE RESPONDENTS - PRESENT
Judgement
<p class="ql-align-center"><strong><u><span style="background-color: transparent">JUDGMENT</span></u></strong></p><p><strong><span style="background-color: transparent">1] PARTIES</span></strong></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">1 Applicant describes himself as a draughtsman, a farmer and businessman while the other applicants are his workmen. The 1, 2, 3 and 4th Respondents are policemen while the 5 Respondent is the Attorney General.</span></p><p><strong><span style="background-color: transparent">2] FACTS OF THE CASE</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="background-color: transparent">Applicant’s case</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="background-color: transparent">3] </span></strong><span style="background-color: transparent">The Applicants’ case is that by a deed of lease dated 16 September 2011, the 1 Applicant acquired a parcel of land from the Awura Naa Hansen Family of Accra, acting by their representatives, Arthur Robert Otoo Chinery and Raymond William Benjamin Hesse.</span></p><p><strong><span style="background-color: transparent">4] </span></strong><span style="background-color: transparent">1st Applicant took possession of said land by putting the 2 to 5 applicants on the land to cultivate a farm on it. 1 applicant claims he continued to enjoy quiet possession of said land until sometime in January 2019, when he noticed that sections of the land were being developed by rival claimants.</span></p><p><strong><span style="background-color: transparent">5] </span></strong><span style="background-color: transparent">1 Applicant reported the alleged trespassers to the police who advised him to take legal action against them as evidenced by Exhibit D, a police report. Based on the advice …</span></p>