Gabriela Avadu and Chris Avadu, children of Andrew Avadu who sued one Siriki Awal and Mr. Daniel McKorley (CEO of Mc Dan Shipping) in their capacity as Assignees of a parcel of land situated along the Spintex road in Accra have expressed disappointment in the Ghanaian security services for sitting aloof and allowing the disputed land to be sold indiscriminately by the Defendant.
The two who arrived in Ghana from Holland just to realize that portions of the said land had been sold out to developers by Siriki Awal, could not hide their indignation at the whole situation since the matter is still pending in Court.
Gabriela Avadu and Chris Avadu filed a writ at the High Court on March 15, 2016 against Siriki Awal and Mr. Daniel McKorley (Defendants) and one other that both Defendants have jointly assigned well-built landguards onto the said land.
According to them, sometime in 1999, they were assigned the said parcel of land by Standford Developing Company after which they immediately acquired title document plotting the land in their names at the Lands Commission Secretariat and then went into immediate possession of the land.
However, the two (Plaintiffs) indicated that they had uninterrupted possession and control over the land until January 2016 when they wanted to construct a fence wall around the land, and then confrontations set in.
According to them, ever since there have been constant presence of land guards on the land and so had to report the matter to the Property Fraud Unit of the Ghana Police Service.
They also pointed out that, the actions being exhibited by the Defendants showed clearly that they (Defendants) wanted to forcefully take their land from them hence the court action.
Speaking to this paper in an interview, they averred that although the case travelled from the High Court to the Appeals Court, the Defendants have contemptuously allocated portions of the land to some private developers who have taken over the piece of land, developing it against an Appeals Court ruling.
They believed that the land has been sold out by Siriki Awal who was also laying claim to the said land.
The Appeals Court Judges, Justices S.E Kanyoke, K.N Aduama Osei and M. Agyemang stated in their ruling that, “Having read and studied the written submission of Counsel for the parties, it is the decision of this court that the parties should return to the trial court for trial of the action de novo. It is accordingly thereby ordered that this suit be transmitted to the trial court for trial de novo.”
Meanwhile, in Contempt of this order by the Court, It is believed that Sariki Awal who was also laying claims over the land on the premise that the said land belongs to his late father, has allegedly sold the land to a private developer who is busily developing the land.
Sariki Awal also claimed that the said land which hitherto belonged to the Numo Nmashie Family was sold to his late father, with all the available documentation to prove.
But, the Plaintiffs who still insist that the case is in Court and for that matter, the Defendant has no right to continue selling the land have faulted the security services for allowing such things to occur.
They said, they security forces especially the Police is fully aware of the development since police personnel have ever carried out arrests of some land guards on the land and that, it behooves on the police to carry out constant patrol on the land to ensure that there is no trespass until the determination of the case in Court.
They however appealed to the Judiciary to look into the matter since people have develop great appetite of disrespect to the Courts thereby flouting its orders with impunity.
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