A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed by businessman Adolph Tetteh Adjei to overturn a decision made in favour of well-known investigative reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas in a land dispute.
In dismissing the application by a unanimous 7-0 decision, the court stated that, after evaluating the motion, affidavits both in support and opposition, counsel’s statements of case for both parties, and hearing oral submissions from counsel for the parties, it concluded that the application did not meet the minimum standard for a review of the ordinary bench of five justices’ judgement made in November last year.
The parties, Adolph, Anas, and Holy Quaye, are engaged in a fierce legal dispute over a piece of valuable property in Accra. The case proceeded from the High Court to the Court of Appeal before reaching the Supreme Court, Ghana’s ultimate arbitrator of disagreements, and resulted in a ruling in November 2025 in favour of the reporter. Dissatisfied with the decision of the five-member board, Mr. Tetteh Adjei filed a review application, which was heard on January 27, 2026, by a seven-member panel presided over by Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang.
In general, for the Supreme Court to reconsider its own decision, an applicant must provide extraordinary reasons, such as a basic legal or factual mistake evident on the face of the record, the discovery of fresh and powerful evidence previously unavailable, or a violation of natural justice principles.
Mr. Tetteh’s attorneys filed six reasons alleging that the court’s prior verdict was a miscarriage of justice, a misapplication of the law, and other factors, justifying a review of the ruling.
The seven distinguished judges, however, all ruled in their ruling issued on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, that the applicant, Mr. Tetteh, had failed to meet the minimum threshold required to activate the apex court’s review authority. This decision brings the long-running conflict to an end and vests title to the property firmly in Anas Aremeyaw Anas, who purchased it from the Ataa Tawiah Tsiniatse and Numo Ofoli Kwashie Family.
The entire bench confirmed certain sections of the ordinary bench’s November ruling. It argued that the Court of Appeal’s 2015 consent decision, which sought to jeopardise an earlier ruling by Justice Ofori-Atta at the High Court, was still lawful unless overturned. This is in consideration of the forthcoming High Court case contesting the legality of that agreement order. However, the Supreme Court stated on Wednesday that the consent verdict is valid until the High Court rules differently.
On the scope of the ruling, the court stated that it did not affect the rights of other third parties whose grants were still valid until otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, with the exception of Mr. Tetteh and the two acres at issue. The review application was heard by Justices Richard Adjei Frimpong, Hafisatu Amaleboba, Yoni Kulendi, Bright Mensah, Janapare Bartes-Kodwo, and Ernest Gaewu.
Source: myjoyonline.com
