Court Orders Man to Pay over N24 Million for Breaking Promise to Marry Long-Term Lover

After 11-Year Relationship, Man Fined GHS200,000 for Failing to Marry Partner

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered a businessman to pay GHS200,000 in damages for breaching a promise to marry after ending an 11-year relationship. The Court entered judgment in favour of Ernestina Torgbor on her counterclaim for breach of promise to marry against Vince Kontoh, who had initially sued her for ejectment following the breakdown of their relationship. Presiding judge, Justice Sedinam Awo Kwadam, a High Court Judge sitting with addi…

Court orders man to pay over N24 million for breaking promise to marry long-term lover

An Accra court ordered a 64-year-old businessman to pay GH¢200,000 for breaching a promise to marry his long-time partner after their relationship ended.

Court Orders Businessman to Pay GH₵200k for Breach of Marriage Promise

The Accra Circuit Court has ordered a businessman in his 60s to pay GHC200,000 in compensation to his former partner for breaching a promise to marry her after an 11 year relationship that lasted from 2013 to 2024. Justice Sedinam Kwadam delivered the ruling on Monday, February 16, 2026, in…

Ruling: Why court slapped GHc200k fine on Kontoh over failed promise to marry fiance

The Circuit Court 7, Accra, has awarded one Ernestina Torgbor the sum of GHC 200, 000 ( 150, 000 of it as compensation and 50, 000 as general damages) for the failure of Vince Kontoh to marry her after he had promised her marriage and after they had cohabited for several years – seven years in total. From the summary of the judgement of Her Ladyship Sedinam Awo Kwadam, it is Vince Kontoh who sought to eject Ernestina Torgbor from his house situa…

Court orders man to pay ¢200k for breaching promise to marry estranged lover

The Accra Circuit Court has ordered a 60-year old businessman in Accra to pay Gh¢ 200,000 in compensation for breaching a promise to marry his lover.