Aftermath Of Judgement Over 48 Villages: Nii Kwashie Gborlor IV Warns Land Developers Not To Deal With Middlemen For Land Documentations
The Chief of Ngleshie Amanfrom Divisional Stool under the James Town Ngleshie Traditional Area in the Greater Accra Region Nii Kwashie Gborlor IV, has urged all the land developers who had purchased lands within the towns and village within the jurisdiction of the stool to come to the secretariat alone for the genuine land purchasing documents and other land re-regularization assistance.
Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu Greater 
The Chief of Ngleshie Amanfrom Divisional Stool under the James Town Ngleshie Traditional Area in the Greater Accra Region Nii Kwashie Gborlor IV, has urged all the land developers who had purchased lands within the towns and village within the jurisdiction of the stool to come to the secretariat alone for the genuine land purchasing documents and other land re-regularization assistance.
He warned the land developers on the lands of Ngleshie Amanfro Divisional Stool not to deal with middlemen for securing their various title documents.
Nii Kwashie Gborlor IV made the call at a press conference to officially announce to the general public that the Court of Appeal in Accra has entered judgement in favour of elders of Ngleshie Amanfro Divisional Stool over the custodian ownership of forty-eight (48) villages they are laying claim to which are located in the Ga South municipality.
In this sense, hundreds of the citizens and residents of Ngleshie Amanfro on Saturday August 6, 2022 stormed some principal streets of the area to jubilate by way of creating awareness about the judgement secured over Kasoa including the 48 villages.
Amidst chatting of war songs in Ga language, the citizens and residents walked from the palace of Ngleshie Amanfro Divisional Stool through some towns including Galilea, Maheam, Top Town, American Farm, King Town among others which were under the traditional jurisdiction of the Ngleshie Amanfrom Stool Lands.
The appeal was described as a consolidated appeal against Justice Amorin’s earlier judgement against Ngleshie Amanfro Stool dated October 8, 1984, as well as Justice Mensah-Datsa’s judgement on June 12, 2018.
The judgement, delivered by the Justices of the Court of Appeal, in the persons of Justice G.S. Surbaareh, Justice Mrs. Merley Wood and Justice J. Bartels Kwadwo, who presided over the case with suit No H1/ 47/2021, brought finality on the long unending zone division of the land demarcation dispute between the elders Odumpong Ofankor Stool in the Central Region and James Town Ngleshie Amanfrom Stool in the Greater Accra Region.
The case, which has travelled since 1972, was about 50 years now. The claimants to the said villages include the elders of James Town Ngleshie Amanfrom Stool, Papaase Stool, Odumpong Ofankor Stool, Gomoa Fetteh Stool, Awutu Stool and Senya Breku.
Earlier, an Accra High Court declared a judgement against the Ngleshie Amanfro Divisional Stool over the ownership claim of the 48 villages in the case involving the elders of James Town Ngleshie Amanfrom and Odumpong Ofankor which formed part of zone one of the land demarcation between the two communities.
That judgement stipulated that Ngleshie Amanfrom Stool Lands covered thirty-two (32) villages instead of its ownership claim of 48 villages.
After that judgement, the elders of the James Town Ngleshie Amanfrom were the only appellant against the judgement declared by Justice Mensah-Datsa dated June 12, 2018.
However, the other claimants such as Papaase Stool, Odumpong Ofankor Stool, Gomoa Fetteh Stool, Awutu Stool and Senya Beraku failed to join the appeal against the High Court judgement of the two judges.
Luckily the three Justices of the Court of Appeal in the persons of Justice G.S. Surbaareh, Justice Mrs. Merley Wood and Justice J. Bartels Kwadwo, presided over the case in their agreement on Saturday, July 7, 2022,entered the judgment in favour of Amanfrom Stool over the ownership of the 48 villages.
This clearly means that the remaining sixteen villages which have been removed from the 48 villages have now been added to 32 villages, making 48 villages being claimed by the elders of the stool.
Addressing the journalists, Nii Kwashie Gborlor IV stated that the judgement declared in favour in the elders of Ngleshie Amanfrom Divisional Stool against the elders of the Odumpong Ofankor Stool could not be used to battle the land purchasers or developers who bought the lands from Odumpong Ofankor Stool from these towns and villages.
Rather, the gazetted chief who is the Ngleshie Alata Traditional Council pointed out that the lawful things these land developers to do were to come to the Ngleshie Amanfrom Divisional Stool Secretariat to re-regularize their lands title documents for them in under to have peaceful stay on their lands.
Nii Kwashie Gborlor IV flanked by the accredited elders of Ngleshie Amanfrom Divisional Stool indicated that "he citizens of Stool and Odumpong Ofankor people always seen ourselves as brothers and sisters or the same family.
"So l am saying that any land developer who acquired land in the illegal ways for which is not from the Ngleshie Amanfro Divisional Stool, it is the time for them to come to the Ngleshie Amanfro Divisional Stool Secretariat so that we re-regularize their lands title document for the. But we are not going to battle anybody, " Nii Kwashie Gborlor IV stressed.
Additionally, the chief stated that; "I am always using this opportunity to make this clear that when you are on your land or in your house and any person come to you to tell you that they are coming for demolition, tell that person he is telling a lie.
"I am announcing to every land developers and purchasers to com to the Ngleshie Amanfrom Stool Secretariat so that the right to be done,"
Nii Kwashie Gborlor IV explained.
"This is an era of a new dawn" and I call on all the citizens of Ngleshie Amanfro to come together and build a great dynasty. You must all drum the messages to the general public the Ngleshie Amanfro Divisional Stool has won the case against Odumpong Ofankor Stool .
…Our grandfathers fought for it, our fathers did, and now it is our turn,” Nii Kwashie Gborlor IV stated.
Nii Kwashie Gborlor IV noted that during his acceptance address after the elders and kingmakers installed him the chief of the area, he assured all the citizens of Ngleshie Amanfrom that he would not let go even a single property their fathers have left for them.
"So for me to lead my people to win this landmark case in favour of the Ngleshie Amanfrom Stool was a clear testimonial that l demonstrated to bring development to the door step of the people in the area," the chief said.
