The Commercial Division of the High Court in Accra has authorised the police to assist a court-appointed Receiver in taking possession of the No. 1 Oxford Street Hotel in Osu, a property linked to businessman Nana Kwame Bediako, popularly known as Cheddar.
The order, granted by Justice Samuel Faraday Johnson on July 21, empowers UK-based Cola Holdings Limited and its appointed Receiver, Nii Amanor Dodoo, to take possession of the hotel after the Receiver informed the court that efforts to secure the property peacefully had been unsuccessful.
Kensington Residential Partners 1 Limited, through one of its directors, Nana Kwame Bediako, opposed the application. However, the court dismissed the objections, ruling that the company had failed to provide sufficient evidence to justify refusing the request.
In its decision, the court held that Cola Holdings had properly registered its security interest over the property at the Collateral Registry and had also secured a Memorandum of No Objection to enforce that security.
Justice Faraday Johnson further ruled that under the Borrowers and Lenders Act, 2020 (Act 1052), the lender was entitled to seek police assistance after it was unable to obtain possession of the property without resistance.
The judge also noted that Kensington Residential Partners 1 Limited did not place enough evidence before the court to support its opposition to the application.
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 only to the Receiver’s request for police assistance to take possession of the property and does not determine any other legal claims or disputes between the parties.
The ruling forms part of an ongoing legal battle over the enforcement of a security interest in the No. 1 Oxford Street Hotel. Mr Dodoo was appointed Receiver by Cola Holdings under the Borrowers and Lenders Act after the company initiated steps to realise its security over the property.
The dispute is linked to earlier proceedings involving the enforcement in Ghana of a judgment issued by the High Court of England and Wales in favour of Cola Holdings Limited.
In January 2026, Mr Bediako publicly disputed liability under that judgment, stating that he had instructed his legal team to challenge its enforcement in the Ghanaian courts. He maintained that the matter stemmed from a financing facility obtained by Kensington Residential Partners 1 Limited from the International Finance Corporation and disclosed that he had appealed a previous High Court decision allowing the registration of the foreign judgment.
