JUDGMENT
1] Both the plaintiff and the defendant are professional footballers who have played for the Ghana National team, the Black Stars on different occasions.
2] It the plaintiff’s case that in or around February 2013, he and the defendant participated in the African Cup of Nations which was held in South Africa. In the course of their stay in South Africa, plaintiff claims that he needed to send money to his uncle in Ghana urgently and inquired from defendant whether he knew someone who could assist him. According to plaintiff, defendant told him he knew someone who could assist him. He therefore handed over an amount of USD$25,000 to the defendant to be given to his uncle.
3] Plaintiff claims that when he arrived in Ghana after the tournament, he realized that his uncle had not received the money. When he confronted the defendant, he admitted that he had spent it and agreed to pay it back. It is the further case of plaintiff that defendant became evasive. As a result, he reported t…