Four senior cardiothoracic surgeons from the National Cardiothoracic Centre (NCC) at Korle Bu Hospital, along with a former secretary at the facility, have initiated legal proceedings against renowned heart surgeon Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng and his son, Dr. Yaw Frimpong-Boateng. The lawsuit, filed on March 12, 2026, through the law firm Amenuvor and Associates, centers on a long-standing disagreement over residential properties at Okpoi Gonno near Spintex Road in Accra.
The plaintiffs—Dr. Kow Entsua-Mensah, Professor Ernest Adibuer Aniteye, Dr. David Abraham Kotei, Dr. Lawrence Agyeman Sereboe, and Mrs. Lucy Agyemang—are seeking a declaration of ownership and protection from eviction.
According to court documents, the dispute dates back to around 2000 when the NCC, then under Professor Frimpong-Boateng’s leadership, sought to provide housing for dedicated medical staff. The centre acquired land and began constructing buildings, reaching the lintel level before resources ran out. Between 2006 and 2009, the plaintiffs claim they were allocated portions of this land and permitted to complete the structures using their personal funds. They subsequently finished construction, moved in, and have resided there continuously for approximately 17 years without any previous challenge to their occupation.
The doctors maintain they have exercised full ownership rights throughout this period, paying utility bills and maintaining the properties. They argue that the defendants stood by silently while they invested significant personal resources in completing the buildings, and should therefore be legally barred from now denying their ownership claims.
The legal action was triggered by recent developments in February 2026, when Professor Frimpong-Boateng reportedly lodged a complaint with the Accra Rent Control Department. In that complaint, he allegedly described the medical professionals as tenants who had been permitted to occupy the houses temporarily as a goodwill gesture, explicitly denying any transfer of ownership or gift of property had occurred.
The plaintiffs strongly contest this characterization, stating that no landlord-tenant relationship has ever existed between the parties. They describe the rent control complaint as a deliberate strategy to wrongfully evict them from properties legitimately allocated by the NCC and completed with their own resources.
Further escalating tensions, the doctors allege that threatening inscriptions reading “THIS PROPERTY IS SOLD. MOVE OUT BY 16/03/2026” were written on their properties, which they interpret as harassment and an attempt to forcibly dispossess them outside legal processes.
Through their lawsuit, the plaintiffs seek five specific remedies: a declaration of lawful ownership, a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from interfering with their possession, an order to remove the threatening inscriptions, general damages for trespass and unlawful interference, and legal costs. They argue that allowing the defendants to assert ownership after nearly two decades of undisputed occupation would be unconscionable and contrary to principles of equity and good conscience.
Source: MyNewsGh
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