THE TRUSTEES OF CHURCH OF PENTECOST v. AMADU MOHAMMED

Per the writ of summons issued by plaintiff herein on the 18th of October, 2023

together with its statement of claim, Plaintiffs herein; The Trustee of Church of

Pentecost are seeking the following reliefs:

i) An order nullifying any purported agreement entered into between the

defendants and the children of the late Abudu Fuseini Balanka a.k.a

Abudu kotontey in connection with the land in dispute.

ii) An order for recovery of possession.

iii) General damages for trespass

iv) Perpetual injunction restraining the defendants, his agents, privies,

assigns, and workmen from interfering with Plaintiff’s interest in the

property in dispute.

Defendants herein Amadu Mohammed on the 6th of December 2021 entered a

conditional appearance through his lawyer and subsequently on the 11th of January

2022 filed his statement of defence denying most of the averments in Plaintiff’s

Statement of Claim and also stating that plaintiff is not entitled to their claim.

Plaintiff

Plaintiff describes itself as a church registered under the laws of the Republic of

Ghana. It is the case of Plaintiff that it obtained Judgment against one Abudu

Konkontey a.k.a Abudu Fuseini Balanka at Ashaiman Circuit Court in respect of the

disputed land. That, per the said Judgment it was declared the owner of a parcel of

land situate at Ashaiman main market square measuring 217ft by 75ft by 8.5ft by 90ft

by 12 ft by 125ft by 72ft and sharing boundary with the Ashaiman Market Square

Methodist Church, the Ashaiman Circuit Court and the road in front of the

Ashaiman Circuit court.

It is Plaintiff’s contention that before it could go into execution the said Abudu

Konontey a.k.a Abudu Fuseini Balanka (now deceased) issued a writ against the

Plaintiff and subsequently obtained an injunction against Plaintiff herein at the Tema

High Court in the case of Abudu Fuseini Balanka vrs Trustees of Church of

Pentecost (Chapel Square Assembly) Suit No.E1/179/2012. That pursuant to the

grant of the injunction, the Plaintiff in the aforementioned suit has not taken any

further action and thus stalling the matter for close to ten (10) years.

Plaintiff contends further that defendant has been seen on the land developing same

and when questioned he claims he had swapped a house of his for the land in

dispute with the children of Abudu Konontey the Plaintiff in the case of Abudu

Fuseini Balanka vrs Trustees of Church of Pentecost (Chapel Square Assembly)

Suit No.E1/179/2012.

It is Plai