The 8th Judicial Circuit Court in Sanniquellie Judge, Pape Suah, will on January 16, 2024, hand down a verdict in the Ganta Methodist Mission versus Paye Suah Estate land dispute case in the commercial city in Ganta, Nimba County.
Ganta Methodist Mission in 2017, filed an action of ejection against Paye Suah interstate, through its administrator, Fred P. Suah, for illegally, unlawfully, and willfully taking over the Mission’s property along the St. John River belt in Ganta, Nimba County.
Speaking in Sanniquellie, William Paye stated that the verdict will finally lay the case to rest among the residents in the county.
According to William Paye, the case is one of the longest land dispute cases that required serious attention to lay the case to rest for the sake of peace.
Ganta Methodist Mission is claiming 500 acres of land, while Paye Suah Estate is claiming 64.7 acres of land situated along the Guinea road, going towards Gbelsellie Town on the Sanniquellie Highway in Nimba county.
Ganta Methodist Mission is represented by the former Mission Station Superintendent, Priscillia Jaiah, and M. Sendolo Kokeh of Gbelsellie Town, through its legal counsellor, James Gleyehn.
Paye Suah interstate administrator, Fred P. Suah, is represented by the Garlawolu and Associates law office in Monrovia.
The legal battle led the 8th Judiciary Circuit Court’s retired Judge, Roland F. Dahn, to order for investigative survey, to establish total acres of land in dispute in 2023 before retiring from office.
The 8th Judiciary Circuit Court started hearing the case between both parties during the November 2023 opening term of court.
On Wednesday, January 10, 2024, the nine jurors in their deliberation, came down with a ‘not liable’ verdict in favor of the Paye Suah interstate ejection action filed by Ganta Methodist Mission.
“The action of ejection was submitted, and after careful consideration of the oral and documentary evidence adduced during the trial, we do unanimously agree that the defendants are not liable of the ejection action,” the nine jurors disclosed.
Jurors ruled, but all eyes are on the presiding Judge, Pape Suah, come January 16, 2024.
