Legal tensions deepened at an Accra High Court in Gbetsile, Michelle Camp, on Monday, as Lawyer Prince Alfred Oppong Boakye, counsel for the plaintiff, Mr. Christian Kpakpo Abbosey, Director of Titanium 123 Properties, fervently prayed the court to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of businessman Dr. Kofi Abban for his repeated failure to appear before the court in an ongoing contempt case.
During proceedings, Menlix Ventures was represented by George Tetteh Lartey. However, the absence of Dr. Abban – despite confirmation that all two contempt applications had been duly served on him – triggered a forceful plea from Lawyer Prince for his immediate arrest through a bench warrant.
While making his case, Lawyer Prince underscored that contempts were not just procedural but stemmed from serious alleged violations of a substantive High Court order. In contrast, Counsel for the 1st Defendant requested an adjournment, citing the lateness of the day and made extended submissions that observers described as a dramatic spectacle in court.
The presiding judge, adjourned the matter to Monday, July 22, 2025, at 12:00 PM, stating her intention to thoroughly review all court processes and pending motions before making a ruling.
Origins of the Contempt
The contempt motions arise from alleged violations of a High Court ruling issued in July 2024 concerning a 22.36-acre parcel of land in Prampram, in the Greater Accra Region. The dispute involves Titanium 123 Properties, Menlix Ventures, and other entities with competing claims to the land.
The July 2024 ruling imposed a general injunction on all parties but granted a key exception—grantees of Titanium 123 Properties were authorized to continue lawful construction activities.
However, in an affidavit filed by Mr. Christian Kpakpo Abbosey, Director of Titanium 123 Properties, it is alleged that Dr. Kofi Abban and Mr. Edward Tetteh, acting on behalf of Kofi Abban Holdings, willfully defied this order.
According to the affidavit, in August 2024, the respondents allegedly mobilized armed military personnel and police officers to forcibly stop construction work being carried out by Titanium’s grantees. The action, reportedly undertaken with backing from the then National Security Minister, involved the assault of workers, destruction of structures, and disruption of active construction, including the filling of foundation trenches.
In an attempt to legitimize their actions, the respondents filed an application on August 16, 2024, seeking to vary the July court ruling. However, this application was dismissed in February 2025, reaffirming Titanium’s right to continue development on the site.
Tensions escalated once again on April 9, 2025, when ASP Malaika-Jabril Alhassan, accompanied by uniformed police officers, led another operation at the Prampram site, allegedly demolishing all ongoing construction activities—without any fresh court order. The estimated cost of the damage now exceeds GHS 2 million.
With the stakes mounting and the legal confrontations growing increasingly heated, all eyes are now on the court’s next sitting on July 22, when it is expected to rule on the motion for contempt and possibly the long-anticipated bench warrant for Dr. Abban
