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Arda Turk Ghana Limited has filed a lawsuit at the Accra High Court, and a Motion on Notice seeking among other reliefs an interlocutory injunction to restrain the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) from auctioning its assets illegally.

The company claims that the GRA has rejected previously agreed payment terms for duties totaling over GH¢4million (GH¢4,084,038.33) and instead plans to auction the assets to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).

In its suit, Arda Turk argued that under the Customs Act, the GRA does not have the authority to allocate goods that have not been cleared to any beneficiary.

GRA does not also have the power to deal with the assets in a manner not consistent with the interests of the owner/company, especially when same is going through officially sanctioned procedures to pay the appropriate duties and taxes.

The company described the GRA’s actions as exhibiting bad faith and emphasised that unless the court intervenes, GRA’s actions would cause irreparable harm to its interests.

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