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The Nii Odai Ntow Family of Ashongman in the Ga East Municipality of the Greater Accra Region has appealed to the Lands Commission to revisit the 1904 judgement of the Supreme Court on the Nii Odai Ntow Family Lands to ascertain the exact boundaries before proceeding with its intended demarcation exercise.
According to the family, there was no dispute about the true ownership of their land, however, the boundaries which had become an issue of dispute could be resolved effectively if the Commission referred to the Supreme Court Judgement on the case titled Bosumpim and Ors Vs. Martei and Ors in suit No. SCT.2/4/32 dated April 28, 1904.
Addressing a news conference at the Nii Odai Ntow Family House at Ashongman on Saturday, the General Secretary of the family, Hislord Tettey Anang said the 1904 Supreme Court judgment titled Bosumpim and Ors vs. Martei and Ors in suit No. SCT.2/4/32 affirmed that their family was the rightful and legitimate owners of the 12,690 acres of land in the Ashongman Kwabenya enclave.
He said in the said judgement, the Supreme Court affirmed that the 12,690 acres of land belonging to their family shared boundaries with Akwapem to the north, Akporman, Awura Dede and Abloradjei to the north-east through to Onyina Tia located at the present day Legon Botanical Gardens.
In addition, he explained that their land, the 12,690 acres shared boundaries with the La Stool Lands through Dome and parts of the St Johns Grammar School along the Pokuase road to Nsawam Prisons through to Brekusu and the Adjongote Hills.
Mr Anang said in 1975, the then family head of the Nii Odai Ntow Family and the Chief of Ashongman, Nii Armah Anteh, relying on the 1904 judgment made the necessary declaration and same was plotted by the Lands Commission.
These records he noted still remained with the Commission and was surprised that same commission would purport a redemarcation exercise on their land.
He said the Nii Odai Ntow Family had not extended the boundaries of their land beyond the established 12,690 acres and would plead with the Lands Commission to assess their own records before seeking to alter the existing demarcation.
Mr Anang said there was enough evidence to show that the family was the one that released portions of their land to Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, for the purposes of the establishment of the Atomic Energy Commission project.
He said any attempt by the Lands Commission to delete either a part or all of their land entries would be unlawful and baseless.
Mr Anang therefore asked the general public to disregard the news circulating that a high court has instructed the Lands Commission to delete Nii Odai Ntow family lands in their records as false.
“We are ready to legally deal with the Secretary of the Lands Commission if he goes ahead and fraudulently adhered to the report,” Mr Anang emphasised.
BY CLIFF EKUFUL
