DELIVERANCE WOLDWIDE MINISTRY v. WISDOM AMEDOFU AND 1 OTHER

Plaintiff herein represented by the chairman Pastor Isaac Amoako file for declaration of ownership of a piece of land measuring 72 by 72 situated and lying at Akateng and bounded as follows,

On one side by Agye Pambour

On one side by Akahlor Gbede

On one side by Alhassan Fulani

On one side by Akateng- Asesewa Motor Road

And church building thereon as property of The Deliverance Worldwide Ministries International.

An order restraining Defendants from holding himself as the owner of the Church and further direct Defendants to hand over to plaintiff’s representative all the church properties in his possession.

Perpetual injunction restraining the Defendant, his agents , assigns and servants from organising any activity in the premises of the church or in the name of the church.

Costs.

In a statement of claim plaintiff avers he is the chairman of Deliverance Worldwide Ministries International, representative of Eastern Region of Ghana and resides at Asesewa. Plaintiff avers the Deliverance Worldwide Ministries International is a Christian church registered under the National NGO. That Deliverance Worldwide Ministries operates as a

church at Akateng near Asesewa, with its headquarters located in the United States of America with Bishop Wordsworth Benjamin as its founder and General Overseer. Plaintiff avers he had the consent of the General to bring this action to stop the Defendant (Wisdom Amedofu) from laying adverse claim that he is the owner of the church and thus holding on to the properties of the church. It is the claim of the plaintiff that the General Overseer was introduced to the Defendant by Pastor Nai Mensah at Akateng were under palm branches shed named Pentecostal Revival Church at Akateng. It is plaintiff’s case that his founder and General Overseer wanted to buy land and build their own church but Defendant agreed to work under his founder and Overseer and transferred all his church under palm branches shed and the land thereon to the plaintiff for a consideration.

Plaintiff avers Defendant negotiated for the transfer for a consideration of Three hundred US Dollars and same was reduced into writing on 7th December 2011. That Deliverance Worldwide Ministries took over the land and developed same into a big church but as agreed the Defendant would work under the supervision of the Overseer has rather separated from the church activities which are not in line with the agreed terms of the organisation. That Defendant has refused to hand over the c