MRS MARGARET WINFUL V. MUSTAPHA DAUDA
(2026) JELR 114803 (SC)
Supreme Court
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J4/46/2023
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28 Jan 2026
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Ghana
Coram
PWAMANG, JSC (PRESIDING)
GAEWU, JSC
ADJEI-FRIMPONG, JSC
DZAMEFE, JSC
AMALEBOBA, JSC
Appearances
FREDERICK ASAMOAH ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT.
NASHIRU YUSSIF ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT. WITH JUSTICE ADOMAKO
OPOKU ESQ.
Judgement
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>JUDGMENT</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><u>ADJEI-FRIMPONG, JSC</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">My Lords, this is a routine land litigation between the parties. According to the Plaintiff (who is before us as Plaintiff/Appellant/Respondent) she acquired the subject plot of land which is situate at North-West Odorkor from the Asere Stool in 1987. The Stool, represented by Nii Nikoi Amontia IV, who, acting with the consent and concurrence of his principal elders issued her with an indenture which she later registered. She immediately took possession of the plot and constructed a building foundation on it. She had remained in possession until around November 2014 when the Defendant, (before us as Defendant/Respondent/Appellant) laid adverse claim to the plot and sought to take possession of it. In the result, she caused the arrest of the Defendant’s agent one Yusif Mohammed by the Anyaa police. When the police requested the agent to produce documents to back the claim of his principal, he could not. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Further, the Plaintiff claims to have conduc…</p>