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MRS MARGARET WINFUL
V.
MUSTAPHA DAUDA

(2026) JELR 114803 (SC)

Supreme Court 28 Jan 2026 Ghana
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- The Plaintiff/Appellant/Respondent claimed title to land at North-West Odorkor, Accra, alleging acquisition from the Asere Stool in 1987, supported by a registered indenture, land commission search, and payment of ground rent. The Defenda

Case Details

Suit Number:J4/46/2023
Judges:PWAMANG, JSC (PRESIDING) GAEWU, JSC ADJEI-FRIMPONG, JSC DZAMEFE, JSC AMALEBOBA, JSC
Counsel:FREDERICK ASAMOAH ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT. NASHIRU YUSSIF ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT. WITH JUSTICE ADOMAKO OPOKU ESQ.

JUDGMENT

ADJEI-FRIMPONG, JSC

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. 

Further, the Plaintiff claims to have conduc…

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