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LAWRENCE ACQUAH & 4 ORS
V.
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE & 4 ORS

(2023) JELR 112117 (HC)

High Court 23 Mar 2023 Ghana
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- Application for enforcement of fundamental human rights was dismissed in its entirety; applicants failed to adduce sufficient evidence that the police detained them beyond 48 hours, assaulted them, or unlawfully ordered them off the land.

Case Details

Suit Number:HR/0086/2021
Judges:BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS.), J
Counsel:IVY VANDERPUIJE (P.S.A) FOR THE RESPONDENTS - PRESENT
Location:Accra

JUDGMENT

1] PARTIES

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.

2] FACTS OF THE CASE

Applicant’s case

3] 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.

4] 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.

5] 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 …

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