NPP financier cries foul over demolition of his multi-million dollar house

A financier of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr George Oti Bonsu, is crying foul over the demolition of his buildings on a one acre land at Adjiriganor, a plush suburb of Accra.

Speaking to journalists at the site of the demolition, Mr Bonsu said one Hajia Aisha Ahmed, who is also claiming ownership of the land, allegedly brought in military men on the morning  of Monday April 7, 2024 to demolish the ten-storey building on the land, worth  several millions of United States Dollars.

Recounting the incident, he described how uniformed and masked military personnel arrived at the scene, ordering the Caretakers to lie on the ground and confiscated their phones before proceeding to demolish the structures, using bulldozers.

Mr. Oti Bonsu speculated whether this drastic action was in retaliation for his support of Mr. Ken Agyapong, a prominent figure within the NPP.

The following vehicles, with registration numbers CR6703-23, UE11-14, GA 1915-21, BA1915-21 and 53GA75, which he alleged belongs to both the military and National Security were involved in the demolition exercise. The Chronicle cannot, however, independently confirm this allegation.

Meanwhile, Hajia Aisha Ahmed, in her reaction to the allegation, has provided detailed accounts about the dispute, over the ownership of the disputed land. The following is what her outfit sent to The Chronicle;

THE TRUE FACTS OF HAJIA AISHA AHMED V GEORGE OTI BONSU AND WINCHESTER EMPIRE LTD (Suit No. C1/11/2021)

1. The Plaintiff (Hajia Aisha Ahmed) is the legal and beneficial owner of two parcels of land being:

(a) ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND situated and lying at Dzornaman (Ability, Adjiriganor) in the Adenta Municipality, in the Greater Accra Region of the Republic of Ghana, containing an approximate area of 0.80 acre or 0.32 hectare (hereinafter called “Property A”), and

(b) ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND situated and lying at Dzornaman (Ability, Adjiriganor) in the Adenta Municipality in the Greater Accra Region of the Republic of Ghana, containing an approximate area of 0.13 acre or 0.05 hectre (hereinafter called “Property B”).

2. Hajia Aisha concluded the purchase of Property after having taken the necessary steps, including legal searches, to ascertain the root of title of her grantor and was satisfied that her grantor, the Okpong-We Family, duly represented by its Head and Lawful Representative, Nii Tawiah Osabu-Kle, was the lawful and proper owner of the lands in that area, with an encumbrance from Ibrahim Brobase Limited.
3. Soon after the lease was executed, the Plaintiff sought the assistance of the Ghana Police Service in Adenta to move all the squatters from the Property and built a wall around the Property to secure the land. The said wall was demolished by George Oti Bonsu, a few days after it was put up.
4. Upon acquiring Property A, Plaintiff commenced registration of the land to register her title to the land, which was plotted at the Public and Vested Lands Management Division of the Lands Commission with the number LXDGAST20289582020.
5. Plaintiff began registering the land wherein Property B was plotted at the Public and Vested Lands Management Division and Survey and Mapping Division of the Lands Commission as LRDTDR10274282020.
6. On or about July 2020, Plaintiff was informed that some workers had moved onto Property A and Property B (hereinafter collectively called “Properties”), trespassed and interfered with the quiet possession of the Plaintiff, wherein the Plaintiff sent a representative to inquire into the said information. Upon meeting the workers, they claimed that George Oti Bonsu had contracted them to construct housing units on the Properties.
7. Hajia Aisha duly filed a complaint on 7 August, 2020 at the Criminal Investigation Division of the Ghana Police Service and the Property Fraud Unit and Anti-Land Guard Unit of the Ghana Police Service.
8. Subsequently, the Police arrested the workers on the Properties. However, George Oti Bonsu sent different group of workers to the Properties to develop them.
9. George Oti Bonsu further told the Attorney that, he George Oti Bonsu had no documentation of the Properties, but the said representatives should allow him to develop the Properties without any further interference.
10. That the continuous development of the Properties by George Oti Bonsu caused the Plaintiff to file the instant suit and Interim Injunction at the registry of this honourable court, which said interim injunction, was granted on 23 October, 2020.
11. Hajia Aisha continued with the registration of Property without any objection from any third party. Thus, a search at the Lands Commission will show that the Plaintiff is the legal and beneficial owner of the properties.
12. On the 25th Day of January 2021, when the bailiff of this honourable court served the order of Interlocutory Injunction on the Respondent at the site of the properties, George Oti Bonsu, in the full glare of the Police ordered his workers and assigns to continue with the development of the land and same have continued to date, with wanton disregard for the orders of this honourable court.
13. Hajia Aisha was able to duly register the land at the Land Title Registry of the Lands Commission with GLPIN and Plotting Number – GA 1216053-358490.
14. Hajia Aisha maintained an action against George Oti Bonsu and Winchester Empire at the Courts in Adenta, as both of us were sued in Tema as defendants by Winchester Empire. An application for injunction against Hajia and George was dismissed by the Tema High Court and the case was never pursued again by Winchester, leaving the case between Hajia Aisha v George Oti Bonsu and Winchester Empire at the Adenta Courts.
15. During all material times at the court, George Oti Bonsu refused to come to court and every court process was served on him by substituted service. Due to this, an interlocutory judgment was granted against George Oti Bonsu and served on him, but he still continued to develop on the land and several police attempts to stop him proved futile.
16. Hajia Aisha went ahead to prove her case and judgement was awarded her on 28th Day of November, 2023.
17. Hajia Aisha Ahmed entered Judgement and same was served on George Oti Bonsu on 19th December, 2023.
18. A writ of possession was granted by the courts for Hajia Aisha to take possession of the Land and on 11th March, 2024 and same was served on George Oti Bonsu.

19. On 12th of March , 2024 the Judicial Secretary wrote to the Inspector General of Police through the Director General of the Police Legal Directorate to assist Hajia Aisha to take possession of her land and attached certified true copies of all land documents and judgement.