Stay away from lands in Tse Addo enclave-Two families warn

Accra, Dec 18, GNA- Two families at Dadekotopon have cautioned against the encroachment of their lands after court cases.
“Barely weeks after the Supreme Court of Ghana delivered a definitive judgment restoring customary land rights to two Ga families in East Dadekotopon, a fresh controversy is unfolding, one that critics say strikes at the very heart of the rule of law and threatens security in the Tse Addo enclav”.
It petition copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said there were mounting accusations of attempting to subjugate and override a Supreme Court ruling delivered in November 2025, by forcefully reallocating the disputed land to a religious body, a body that was never a party to the litigation that culminated in the apex court’s decision.

The allegations, now the subject of multiple high-level petitions, stem from events that have reportedly pushed the area to the brink of violent acts .

On November 12, 2025, the Supreme Court, presided over by Justice Pwamang JSC, set aside the judgments of the High Court and the Court of Appeal in the long-running land dispute involving a 2.00-acre parcel at East Dadekotopon.

In its ruling, the Court described the findings of the lower courts as “perverse” and “inconsistent with the totality of evidence.” It affirmed that the Ataa Tawiah Tsinaiaatse and Nuumo Ofuli Kwashie families had never surrendered their customary ownership rights, despite the establishment of the East Dadekotopon Development Trust (EDDT).

The Court further struck down as invalid the land title certificates issued to Hillsview Development Limited and its assignee, Adolph Tetteh Adjei, citing fatal procedural breaches in the execution of the Trust’s conveyance.

In emphatic terms, the apex court held that the families’ customary grant of 2005, being earlier in time and protected under Section 46(1)(f) of PNDCL 152, prevails over any later registration, particularly where the customary owners were in actual occupation.

Yet, according to the affected families, some politicians allegedly sanctioned the deployment of security personnel to the land with the apparent intention of allocating it to the a religious body, citing national security considerations.

GNA
Edited by George-Ramsey Benamba