26
Oct
Nana Obiri Boahen, a private legal practitioner, has filed a writ at the Sunyani High Court against the Newmont Ahafo North Project, for causing extensive damages to his farmland and other property running into millions of Ghana cedis. He is, therefore, seeking an order from the court to compel the mining giant to pay adequate compensation for the destruction caused. An accompanying affidavit filed by the “Enso Nyame Ye Chambers”, a Sunyani-based legal firm and counsel, is further praying the court to award general damages to the plaintiff for “trespass, inconvenience and trauma.” A copy of the affidavit, made available…