Ashale Botwe Family Drags 3 To Court For Contempt

The Ashale Botwe Family, have filed a suit before an High Court in Accra (Land Division 8) asking the court to imprison three individuals for contempt of court.

The family, represented by Nii Afutu Kotey Gbomase II, initiated the instant action against Captain Edmund Kojo Koda, a security capo at the seat of government, one Eugene Sowah Odamtey and Hares Muda, for allegedly bringing the administration of justice into disrepute, in an ongoing land litigation case before the court.

It is the case of Nii Gbomase II, the applicant, that in the year 2000, the High Court, Accra, delivered a judgement in a land dispute in favour of Eugene Sowah and others.

Nii Gbomase II, in his ex-parte motion filed on Friday, July 26, 2024, contends that the respondents needed to follow legal processes to its conclusion, before taken possession of the land.

The applicant, said Captain Koda, Sowah and Muda, ought to have obtained a signed writ of possession and order of possession, paste the notice of the order, before they move into execution.

However, the applicant is claiming that the respondents failed to follow the laid down legal procedure and forcibly moved onto the land seeking to take possession without any court order.

The facts, according to Nii Gbomase II, are that on January 17, 2024, Odamtey filed an application for leave to issue writ of possession to recover possession of the disputed land in execution of the judgement of the court, differently constituted and which was affirmed by the Supreme Court.

The applicant said, he filed an affidavit in opposition on June 26, 2024, to Odamtey’s application for leave to issue writ of possession.

He said, the court granted Odamtey’s application for leave to issue writ of possession.

That being aggrieved, Nii Gbomase, said he filed a notice of appeal seeking to set aside the ruling of the court.

He said on the back of the appeal, he proceeded to file an application for stay of execution on July 12, 2024, and served it on Odamtey through his counsel.

Nii Gbomase II, alleged that even before the issuance of the writ of pension, Odamtey, allegedly aided by Captain Koda and Muda, had gone onto the disputed land to allegedly take possession of the disputed land.

He said, despite the service of the application for stay of execution, having been brought to the notice of the respondents, they are still on the land forcibly trying to take possession of same.

The applicant, said the conduct of the respondents is a complete disregard of the sanctity of the judicial process.

“That I am advised by Counsel and verily believe same to be true that the conduct of the Respondents is not only willful but it also constitutes an unlawful interference with the administration of justice and undermines the authority of the court”.

“That the Respondents’ wrongful conduct is tantamount to contempt of court and warrants imposition of such appropriate punitive sanction, to serve as a deterrent to others who may dare threat the same path as the Respondents.”