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CHRISTOPHER DZAH
V.
JOSHUA KODZO AGBO AND 3 OTHERS

(2016) JELR 64805 (HC)

High Court 21 Jun 2016 Ghana
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- The plaintiff, a principal member of the Gazi Clan, sued the defendants, also principal members of the clan, for several reliefs, the most relevant being a declaration that the defendants can only deal with the clan's lands with the full

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Suit Number:SUIT NO. E1/39/2014.
Judges:JUSTICE IMORU ZIBLIM HIGH COURT 3 JUDGE
Counsel:MR. GODWIN KPOBLE FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT; MR. S.M.K. DZIKUNU FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS.

ZIBLIM, J.

On the 17th March, 2014 the Plaintiff who calls himself a principal member of the defendants clan sued the defendants herein for several reliefs. Indeed the reliefs are seven (7) but the most germane to the discussion of this Motion for Injunction is only the following:

“Declaration that the defendants can only deal with the clan's lands with the full concurrence of all its principal members and head and not only a few of them."

In his statement of claim, the plaintiff averred, that as a principal member of the Gazi Clan, he has its interest at heart, its progress for that matter and as a principal member, institutes the instant suit to protect its interest and ensure accountability. That the headship of the Gazi Clan rotates among the families and currently the 2nd defendant is the head. That the children of the members, by practice and convention, since time immemorial, continue to farm portions their fathers farmed on before. That the defendants have however disturbed this…

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