Tony Lithur and COP Oppong-Boanuh in court over land dispute
Mr Tony Lithur, the Counsel for former President John Dramani Mahama has dragged a Commissioner of Police (COP) to court for trespassing on his land with the aid of armed policemen.
Mr Lithur and another, Mr Addo Allotey filed the suit at the the High Court on March 31, 2017, the Daily Graphic reports.
The two want the court to perpetually restrain the Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration, Mr J. Oppong-Boanuh, from trespassing on the land which is behind the Trade Fair Centre in La, Accra.
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They also want the court to declare Mr Lithur as the title holder of the land and award damages for trespass.
The said land was sold to Mr Lithur in 2015 by Mr Allotey. But Mr Lithur argues that the Commissioner of Police, Oppong-Boanuh forcibly entered onto his land, which he (Mr Lithur) had title to, with the aid of armed policemen and was earnestly developing the land.
He said this is despite a directive from the Police in La which asked that both Mr Lithur and Mr Boanuh produce documents on the land in dispute.
But Mr Oppong-Boanuh has indicated that he acquired the land from the rightful owners, the Tawiah Tsinaitse Family, and he will use all legal means at his disposal to protect the land.
Meanwhile, the plaintiffs have filed an application for interlocutory injunction to restrain the defendant from further encroaching on the land until the final determination of the case.
Hearing of the interlocutory injunction will begin at the High Court in Accra on Tuesday, April 4, 2017.