An Estate Developing Company – Top Kings Enterprise Limited, a wholly-owned Ghanaian company is calling on the public to ignore claims that it was engaging in unlawful takeover of lands belonging to Empire Builders.
According to Top Kings, it was dragged into a protracted land litigation by Empire Builders which lasted for over a period of 22 years from the High Court to Court of Appeal through to the Supreme Court with Empire Builders losing at each stage of the litigation.
A press statement released and signed by the Chairman of Top Kings moments after workers of Empire Builders had held a press conference alleging claims of unlawful takeover, Top Kings urges the public to disregard such claims.
*Below is the full statement*
The public is advised to ignore the press conference organised by workers of Empire Builders led by their Manager lan Morris, during which they alleged an unlawful takeover of their land by Top Kings Enterprise Ltd with the assistance of the military.
Top Kings was dragged into a protracted litigation by Empire Builders spanning a period of 22 years from the High Court through to the Supreme Court with Empire Builders losing at each stage of the litigation.
Not satisfied with the outcome of the Supreme Court’s decision, Empire Builders Ltd commenced a fresh action at the High Courts at Adenta and Accra against Top Kings Enterprise in 2021, alleging that Top Kings is taking land not covered by the 1998 to 2020 suit which ended at Supreme Court.
The 2021 suits too were dismissed and a further appeal to the Court of Appeal suffered the same fate. Throughout this lengthy dispute, Empire Builders Ltd has engaged all the topmost law firms in Ghana with 3 of the most prestigious law firms representing them at the High Court at the same time.
Empire Builders Ltd still has the financial clout to employ all the top lawyers in the country to seek legal redress in Court for the allegations made at the press conference.
Why is Empire Builders Ltd not engaging lawyers to bring action against Top Kings Enterprise but rather appealing to the President to intervene?
The obvious reason is that there is no merit in its claims and no court will entertain them any longer.
Land disputes are resolved at the Courts and not by press conferences or the intervention of the president.
Signed
Chairman of Top Kings