High Court orders Lands Commission to delete all Odai Ntow Family entries, titles in public records

An Accra High Court, presided over by Her Ladyship Ellen Lordina Serwaa Mireku has issued an order for mandamus to Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, Mr. Benjamin Arthur to delete all Odai Ntow Family land entries and titles in public records.

The court directed Lands Commission top chief to cancel and delete all entries in the public records and titles issued on behalf of the Odai Ntow family and their grantees that extend beyond the boundaries established in the judgment of Bosompim vrs Martei (1904) SCT 2/4/32.

The court found that the Odai Ntow family had fraudulently and illegally extended their land boundaries to include lands not belonging to them, selling several plots that actually belonged to their neighbors.

The High Court's ruling mandates the Lands Commission to delete all records and cancel the title certificates issued beyond the family's legitimate boundaries, based on the judgment in Bosompim vrs Martei (1904).

The case, suit number GJ/1183/2023, involved the Republic and the Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission of Ghana as the respondents.

The applicants in the suit are George Hassen-Quartey, Famous Derek Djisam, Alex Dosu, Benjamin Nyarko, Mustapha Kpakpo Mohammed, Emmanuel Okai Laryea, Lawrence Kofi Acquah, Nii Amu Dodoo, and Nii Amu Mantey.

The interested parties are Nii Anteh Kwakonam III and Charles Armah.

The High Court's decision is a significant development in the ongoing dispute over land boundaries in the Kwabenya Traditional Area, aiming to rectify the fraudulent activities of the Odai Ntow family.

In this sense, the land owners at Comet Estates at Brekuso, Boi, Katapo, Brekuso, Akporman and parts of Kwabenya-Accrac are excited and relieved as results of the Accra High Court ordered of mandamus directed to the Executive Secretary of Lands Commission.