{"id":368675,"date":"2017-11-06T13:59:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T13:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=368675"},"modified":"2017-11-06T13:59:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T13:59:56","slug":"achimota-school-heads-to-supreme-court-over-encroachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/achimota-school-heads-to-supreme-court-over-encroachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Achimota School heads to Supreme Court over encroachment"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Board of Achimota Senior High School have served notice that they will head to the Supreme Court to get a ruling by the\u00a0 Court of Appeal, that nullified an injunction secured by the school against squatters, overturned.<\/p>\n
Achimota secured the injunction to restrain developers from encroaching on the school\u2019s land back in 2016, after an almost six-year legal battle with the Osu Traditional Council.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”zwxf3gvy2Tj5PxvzGbLP81iuTzsJh5AD”]The Council had taken possession of the lands arguing that, they were not being used for the purposes they were intended for.<\/p>\n
However, the Board of the school, with the support of the school\u2019s Old Students Association, secured the injunction and declared their intention to retain their land through all lawful means.<\/p>\n
And following Thursday\u2019s ruling by the Court of Appeal, the school intends to take their case to the apex court in an attempt to get their concerns addressed.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n Addressing a press conference attended by some old students of the school, President of the Association and former Vice Chancellor of University of Ghana, Professor Ernest Aryeetey, argued that the Court of Appeal \u201cerred gravely\u201d by not considering their argument on the issue of capacity.<\/p>\n \u201cOur preliminary view is that, the Court of Appeal erred gravely. The court\u2019s decision that the school was aware of Osu\u2019s action against the Lands Commission leading to the 2011 judgement is not supported by the evidence provided in this case. The Court of Appeal was silent on and did not consider our argument regarding when the school became aware of that action.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe also disagree with the Court\u2019s position that the school should have sought permission from the parties in the 2010 action, and joined it to accept the school\u2019s right to the 172 acres. The Judicial pronouncements relied on by the Court of Appeal do not include actions based on fraud. We think the court of appeal gravely erred,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n