The Gbawe Stool is up in arms with what it terms “squatters” on its rightful stool lands. Armed with court judgments and official documents on its legitimacy of ownership of these lands, the stool is sounding warning to such squatters to endeavour to meet the stool for the rectification of documents on such lands they occupy with immediate effects.
These lands, the stool maintains, span from First Light near Kaneshie through Akoko Foto in Dansoman to McCarthy Hills. Led by its sagacious octogenarian Leader, Nii Adam Kwatei Quartey, the stool has indicated that occupants on the aforementioned lands, who fail to meet the stool for the necessary rectification of their documents, do so at their own peril.
Buttressing their claim with court judgements spanning from 1900 to date, the stool has indicated that these lands legally belong to it by right and custom.
We publish herein some of these court judgements for the perusal, information and knowledge of the general public, especially those concerned with occupancy of these lands.
MEET NII ADAM KWATEI QUARTEY
- THE SPIRIT AND STRENGTH BEHIND GBAWE STOOL.
Gbawe, a suburb of Accra, is an indigenous and traditional part of the Accra Traditional stool lands.
Lying to the North Western part of Accra, Gbawe occupies a land mass of …………………..
It spans from ………………. to ………………………
NII ADAM QUARTEY
Having come to terms with the mantle of leadership of the Gbawe Stool, Nii Adam ascended the mandate of leadership at the tender age of ……………….. in 19…. Acting as Asafoatse and Chief in most cases as and when occasions demanded, Nii Adam has lifted high the flag of the Gbawe Stool with grace and in the process, he has enstooled chiefs and other palatial elders.
He has also represented on countless occasions, the stool in court, coming out with flying colours via successful judgements in favour of the stool. It is against this background that the people of Gbawe, especially royals to the stool, see him as “The spirit and strength” behind the contemporary history and success of Gbawe Stool.
By S. O. Ankamah
