Liberia, June 12 -- The Sixth Judicial Circuit Civil Law Court of Liberia has ordered the compulsory transfer of a prime Sinkor property formerly used by the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) to Liberian businessman Dr. C. Nelson Oniyama, ending a protracted legal battle over the land's ownership.

In a final ruling issued Monday, June 8, Assigned Circuit Judge Nelson B. Chineh directed the Intestate Estate of the late Martha Stubberfield Bernard along with its administrator Ebrima Dempster to convey ten lots of land located along Tubman Boulevard to Dr. Oniyama.

The property sits directly opposite the Cuttington Graduate School in Sinkor and was previously a facility associated with the former ruling CDC party.

The decision stems f...