The Court of Appeal in Accra has ordered the Central Regional Lands Commission to delete the name of 21 Century Company from its records.
This order is to help end 13-years of land litigation on the Gomoa Fetteh Land.
In September, 2005, upon an application by the Chiefs of Gomoa Fetteh to the High court in Cape Coast, the court issued an order of mandamus compelling the Lands Commission to register the land documents of the 21st Century Company and its sister companies, as well as documents given to their customers.
Following the failure of the Lands Commission to register the said lands, the chiefs filed a motion for contempt of court, and this culminated in the parties filing in court some terms of settlement.
The commission made a publication in the Daily Graphic on June 18, 2020 upon which the Lands Commission gave notice to delete land registration of the persons whose lands have been affected.
To the Chiefs, the 21 days notice expired but the commission made no effort to delete their names, hence the decision to take the matter back to court.

The court, presided over by Justice Poku-Acheampng, Justice Kyei Baffour and Justice Archer compelled the Lands Commission to delete the land registration on the portions of the lands at Gomoa Fetteh.
Addressing a news conference, the Twafohene of the Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Council and Chief of Gomoa Fetteh, Nana Abor Atta II, revealed that in the early 90s , the manager of 21st Century, Kofi Asmah, acquired 3,000 acres of Land from chiefs of Gomoa Fetteh for estate purposes but the Lands Commission made a mistake and registered over 12,000 acres of land for the company without the knowledge of the chiefs.

The chiefs of Gomoa Fetteh took the matter to court and have legally fought for the right thing to be done for the past 13 years.
Nana Abor Atta II appealed to the Lands Commission to do their investigations well before registering Lands for individuals and estate companies to reduce land litigations in the area.
Meanwhile Omankrado of Gomoa Fetteh, Nana Kwesi Quansah, also appealed to the IGP to call some personnel of the Ghana Police Service to order when it comes to their style of arrests.
Nana Kwesi Quansah says some police officers are still used to the 'rambo style of arrest' during their operations.
After the press conference, JoyNews contacted the management of the 21st Century company. But the company did not comment on the judgment by the court.
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