The Commercial Division of the High Court in Accra has granted a warrant of police assistance to UK-based Cola Holdings Limited and its appointed Receiver, Nii Amanor Dodoo, to take possession of the No. 1 Oxford Street Hotel in Osu, Accra.
The order, issued by Justice Samuel Faraday Johnson on July 21, followed an application by Cola Holdings and the Receiver, who informed the court that they had been unable to obtain possession of the property peacefully.
According to the court’s ruling, Kensington Residential Partners 1 Limited opposed the application through one of its directors, Nana Kwame Bediako, popularly known as Cheddar. However, the court rejected the objections raised against the application.
Justice Faraday Johnson held that Cola Holdings had validly registered its security interest over the property at the Collateral Registry and had secured a Memorandum of No Objection to enforce its security interest.
The court further ruled that under the Borrowers and Lenders Act, 2020 (Act 1052), Cola Holdings was entitled to seek police assistance after efforts to take possession of the property without resistance proved unsuccessful.
The judge also found that Kensington Residential Partners 1 Limited had failed to provide sufficient evidence to justify refusing the application. Consequently, the court granted leave for a warrant of police assistance to enable Cola Holdings and the Receiver to take possession of the hotel and realise the security in accordance with the law.
Court records show that lawyers Tsatsu Tsikata and Tata Kosi Foliba represented Cola Holdings and the Receiver, while Bobby Banson and Isaac Akerefie-Mensah appeared for Kensington Residential Partners 1 Limited.
The court clarified that the order relates solely to the application for police assistance and does not determine any other legal issues or claims that may arise between the parties.
The ruling forms part of an ongoing legal dispute over the enforcement of a security interest in the No. 1 Oxford Street Hotel.
According to court records, Mr Dodoo was appointed Receiver by Cola Holdings under the Borrowers and Lenders Act after the company initiated steps to enforce its security over the property.
The dispute is linked to earlier proceedings concerning the enforcement in Ghana of a judgment delivered by the High Court of England and Wales in favour of Cola Holdings Limited.
In January 2026, Mr Bediako publicly disputed liability under the foreign judgment, stating that he had instructed his legal team to challenge its enforcement in the Ghanaian courts.
He maintained that the transaction stemmed from a financing facility which, according to him, had been obtained by Kensington Residential Partners 1 Limited from the International Finance Corporation (IFC). He also disclosed that he had appealed a High Court decision relating to the registration of the foreign judgment and intended to pursue all available legal remedies.
