JUDGMENT
The plaintiffs in this case, numbering six, by their writ of summons, claim from the defendants herein, the Inspector General of Police and T.V. 3 Networks Limited, the following reliefs:
i) General and special damages for assault and battery;
ii) General damages for false imprisonment; and
iii) Damages for defamation.
The averments of the plaintiffs in support of their case are as follows:
On or about 08-08-2005, one Benjy, who is a friend of the plaintiffs, informed them that one Richard had absconded with his twenty-seven thousand Ghana cedis (GH¢27,000.00) under the pretext of supplying him with voatanga seeds. Benjy then asked the plaintiffs to accompany him to Agona Swedru where he heard Richard was. When they got to Swedru, they were informed that Richard was at Breman Nwomasu, near Breman Asikuma, buying coffee. They, therefore, continued to Breman Nwomasu where they saw an articulator tipper truck loading voatanga seeds. They approached the workers who were Richard’s worke…