SUMMARY OF FACTS
The Plaintiff filed this application against the Defendants for failure of the 1st
Defendant to enforce the judgment of this Court having been issued and
served with a Writ of Execution. The Plaintiff avers that, on the 21st January
2013, he filed an application against the 1st Defendant for the enforcement
of his fundamental human right pursuant to ACHPR, the Constitution of the
Republic of Ghana and the UDHR. The suit was numbered Suit No.
ECW/CCJ/APP/01/13- Mr. Chude Mba V. Republic of Ghana. The 1st
Defendant who was out of time, failed to file its defence to the Plaintiff’s
application. Subsequently the Plaintiff filed an application for default
judgment against the 1st Defendant and same was duly served. The 1st
Defendant, after several letters seeking adjournments failed to file its
response to the action, therefore the court entered judgment for the
plaintiff.
The Court in its judgment held that the Plaintiff’s action was admissible in
total compliance with all the procedural requirements of this Court and that
the Plaintiff had adduced sufficient facts and evidence to be granted a
default judgment. Thus the Court ordered the 1st Defendant to pay the
Plaintiff the sum US$800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) as damages for violating the Plaintiff’s fundamental human rights
and N500, 000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira) only as cost of the action.
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