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ABDUL MALIK KWAKU BAAKO
V.
KENNEDY OHENE AGYAPONG

(2020) JELR 87042 (HC)

High Court 26 Jun 2020 Ghana
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- The High Court found that the Defendant’s statements accusing the Plaintiff of corruption, involvement in illegal mining, and dishonesty, published on various media platforms, were defamatory of the Plaintiff. - The Defendant’s defences o

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO. GJ/51/2019
Judges:HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE AFIA SERWAH ASARE-BOTWE(MRS.)
Counsel:MR. DENNIS AGYEI DWOMOH FOR THE PLAINTIFF PRESENT WITH NANA AGYEMANG ABU-BONSRA; MR. RAPHAEL AGYAPONG FOR THE DEFENDANT PRESENT WITH MR. KINGSLEY AMOAKWA BOADU

JUDGMENT:

ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.), J: This case commenced with the issuance of a Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim on the 16th of October, 2018 in which were endorsed the following reliefs;

a. A declaration that the statements made by the Defendant in both Twi and English Language which is fully transcribed in English indorsed on the writ of summons by way of an attachment and particularized on the attachment with the list media platforms and publication dates and also repeated in paragraphs 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 and 22 of the Statement of Claim are defamatory.

b. An order of the Court directed at the Defendant to publish on three consecutive occasions, on the same platform that he published the defamatory words, an unqualified retraction and an apology, with the same prominence as given to the issuance of the defamatory words against the plaintiff.

c. An order of the Court for perpetual injunction restraining the Def…

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