High
Court to hear La Traditional Council case on
November 27
Accra, Nov. 22, GNA - An Accra High Court will on
Monday, November 27, start hearing submissions in
the suit brought before it by the La Traditional
Council (LTC) against an on-going government project
at the La Wireless Station.
Fixing the date at the Court's sitting on Wednesday,
Mr Justice Victor Ofoe said due to the national
importance attached to the matter, the Court would
want to quickly dispose of the case.
Earlier, Mr Nicholas Fredua-Kwarteng, representative
of the Attorney-General (A-G), had informed the
Court that the A-G's office had filed in the morning
in response to those filed by counsel for the LTC.
At the beginning of this month, Mr Peter Ala Adjetey,
former Speaker of Parliament and native of La, filed
an interlocutory application at the Fast Track Court
on behalf of the LTC in respect of the Wireless
Project.
Mr Adjetey prayed the court to restrain the
executors of a government project in connection with
Ghana's Golden Jubilee Celebrations slated for March
next year from continuing with work pending the
final determination of the case by the court.
The former Speaker in his application recounted that
the government had long abandoned the Wireless
Project for which it acquired that tract of land
from the LTC.
He said having abandoned the project, the LTC being
the caretakers of the land, needed to be informed by
government so that there would be re-negotiations,
if the land was to be utilized for a new project.
A week after the interlocutory application, Mr
William Addo filed an Ex-Parte Motion at the High
Court on behalf of LTC, hoping that the Court would
hear only the side of the Council in the matter
without listening to the government side.
However, Mr Justice Ofoe ordered counsel for the
Council, to rather bring an Application on Notice so
that the government would be served in order for it
to have the chance to argue its case.
GNA
