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31.05.2016 General News

East Dadekotopon Development Trust Is Still In Operation- Chairman

31.05.2016 LISTEN
By Wilfred OTOO

Chairman of the East Dadekotopon Development Trust, Mr. Emmanuel Odoi Yemo has described as false claims in certain quarters that the East Dadekotopon Development Trust is no longer in existence.

He stated categorically that the Trust is fully in Operation and it’s poised more than ever before to work in the interest of the good people La and Ghana as a whole.

Mr. Emmanuel Odoi Yemo was speaking to the Daily Searchlight Newspaper in reaction to rumors in certain quarters of the La Township and some parts of Ghana that the Trust has lost a case at an Accra High over its legitimacy.

He advised members of the public to desist from misinforming the public about such matters and urge them to seek for better and further particulars in their attempt to share information; he believes this will go a long way in helping people to be well informed about sensitive issues that are deliberated upon in the Law Courts.

With Court documents to back his claim, he noted that on 7thDecember, 2010 an Accra High Court, presided over by Justice K.A, Ofori- Atta gave judgment for the Ataa Tawiah Tsinaiatse Family and the Numo Ofoli Kwashie families. The Trust been dissatisfied with the said judgment appealed against same.

He said the Supreme Court (civil division) sitting on Thursday the 23rd February 2016,with Justice Adinyira (presiding Bonnie, Benin, Akamba and Appau in The republic vrs Court of Appeal, Ex – parte Esther Kokoi Quaye and others they filed an application to quash the judgment of the court of appeal.

The High Court ruled that the applicants remedy does not lie by way of certiorari and therefore dismissed the application in limine. No order as to cost.

The Court further upheld and adopted the consent judgment agreed by the parties on 30\3\2015 and accordingly struck out the appeal.

Whereas in 1997, Nii Kpobi Tettey Tsuru III, the La Mantse, acting on behalf of the La Stool took legal action against the Lenshie and Nmati Abonase Quarters of La respectively claiming title to large parcel of land situate behind the Ghana International Trade Fair, La in Suit No.L.353\97.the High Court dismissed the Suit before evidence could be taken. Being aggrieved by the said decision, Nii Kpobi Tettey Tsuru III appealed to the Court of Appeal.

Subsequently , the parties, , Nii Kpobi Tettey Tsuru III, representing the La Stool, Nii Odoi Tsuru I, representing the Lenshie Quarter and Nii Adjei Boahen II, representing the Nmati Abonase Quarter of La amicably settled the case and filed a consent judgment which was adopted by the High Court on 12 July, 2001.

In the said consent judgment, the parties agreed to set up a Trust to take over the control and management of the disputed land for the benefit of the citizens of La. The parties also recognized the interest of the families of Ataa Tawia Tsinaiatse, Tse Addo and Kwade WE respectively in portions of the said land and authorized the Trustees to agree with the said families on the extent of their interest.

On 10 April, 2002 Nii Kpobi Tettey Tsuru III, Nii , Nii Odoi Tsuru I, and Nii Adjei Boahen II as settlors set up the East Dadekotopon Development Trust pursuant to the consent judgment and registered same under the Trustees(Incorporation) Act, 1962 (Act106)

The Trust then applied for a land certificate from the land title registry. Some persons caveated same including the Ataa Tawiah Tsinaiatse Family and the Numo Ofoli Kwashie families of La, acting per their lawful Attorney, Benjamin Tetteh Quaye.

The trust and all the caveators amicably settled the matter and on July 3,2003 the Ataa Tawiah Tsinaiatse Family and the Numo Ofoli Kwashie families wrote to the land title registry to grant the land certificate to the Trust to enable the Trust grant them a parcel of land as agreed with the Trust.

Despite the above agreement, the Ataa Tawiah Tsinaiatse Family and the Numo Ofoli Kwashie families of La in 2006 sued the East Dadekotopon Development Trust in the High Court, Accra claiming title to 808 acres of the Trust Land covered by the land certificate No GA 19310(suit No. BL 431\2006)

Mr. Emmanuel Odoi Yemo disclosed that the parties, in the spirit of reconciliation, peace and development have agreed to amicably settle the matter once and for all on the following terms.

A.The Ataa Tawiah Tsinaiatse Family and the Numo Ofoli Kwashie families of La accept and recognize the title of the East Dadekotopon Development Trust covered by the land certificate No GA 19310 dated 2ndOctober, 2003.

B. Recognizing that the families acting through their then lawful Attorney Benjamin Tettey Quaye leased a number of plots of the land granted them by the rust to various persons pursuant to the earlier settlement in July, 2003 which persons have already developed same, the trust shall regularize the said lands granted to those persons upon verification and proof provided the said grants do not compromise the approved layout of the area nor conflict with grants by the Trust.

C. In addition the Trust shall grant fifteen (15) acres of the land to the Ataa Tawiah Tsinaiatse Family and the Numo Ofoli Kwashie families in accordance with the approved layout of the area and the development scheme of the Trust in full and final settlement of the case and any claims that the said families may have against the Trust.

“This constitutes the entire and final agreement between East Dadekotopon Development Trust and the Ataa Tawiah Tsinaiatse Family and the Numo Ofoli Kwashie families of La.”He stated.

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