Digitronix Systems Limited has formally petitioned the Chief of Staff at the Jubilee House, accusing the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of La-Nkwantanang Madina, Ibrahim Faila Fuseini, of misconduct and a coordinated attempt to unlawfully seize privately owned land located at Madina REDCO.
In the petition dated September 19, 2025, and copied to the Greater Accra Regional Minister, the company alleges that despite holding a valid permit issued by the La-Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly for construction on the land, certain individuals believed to be acting on the orders of the Assembly, entered the property without notice and obstructed ongoing development.
Digitronix claims that their fence wall foundation, dug on September 17, 2025, was deliberately covered up the following day by Assembly operatives acting on the MCE’s instructions.
The company is calling on the Office of the Chief of Staff to intervene, investigate the alleged abuse of power, and protect their constitutionally guaranteed property rights.
Meanwhile, the dispute has also reached the High Court in Accra, where the plaintiff’s legal team is pushing for the MCE, the La-Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly, and Municipal Engineer Ing. Joseph Ohene-Debrah to be added as additional defendants in an ongoing civil suit.
In a motion filed on the same date, September 19, 2025, counsel for the plaintiff, Nana Ama Amponsah of CJ Plus Attorneys, argued that the three individuals are central to the case and must be included to ensure a fair and complete resolution.
The application, which already lists Ms. Lilian Ageaga as a defendant, seeks to name the MCE, the Assembly, and the engineer as second, third, and fourth defendants, respectively. The court is expected to hear the motion in the coming weeks.
The land in question, situated in the Madina REDCO area, has been the subject of legal wrangling for over a decade.
On March 13, 2014, the Court of Appeal, presided over by Justices Kusi Appiah, Ofoe, and Dzamefe, affirmed the interest of the plaintiff’s grantor, Theodore Martinez Montero, in the land, originally acquired from the now-defunct Bank for Housing and Construction.
The ruling overturned an earlier High Court decision that had controversially sought to apply Article 20 of the 1992 Constitution retroactively to land acquired before the Constitution’s enactment.
The appellate court confirmed that Mr. Montero’s rights remained intact.
Digitronix insists that the Assembly’s own permit, issued on May 26, 2023 (Receipt No: 21/0026307), authorized their construction activities.
However, they allege that the MCE later aligned with Ms. Ageaga, who is already a defendant in the court case, to unlawfully lay claim to the land.
The plaintiff further contends that previous attempts to remove encroachers were delayed due to political sensitivities around election periods, and that scheduled meetings with the MCE were repeatedly ignored.
A previous interlocutory injunction granted by the High Court on October 21, 2024, in favour of Digitronix against another trespasser has so far failed to prevent further interference.
In their filings, the plaintiff emphasizes that private ownership is protected under Ghana’s Constitution and strongly condemns what they describe as “an abuse of office and coordinated effort to dispossess rightful owners under the guise of public development.”
“We are not in a Banana Republic for these things to be happening,” the plaintiff stressed in their brief to the court.
As the case returns to the High Court and pressure mounts through the petition to the Chief of Staff, the outcome of both the judicial and administrative processes could prove decisive in a land dispute that continues to raise serious questions about local governance, land rights, and accountability in one of Accra’s fastest-growing areas.