{"id":24506,"date":"2022-08-18T15:25:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/chief-of-staff-files-gh%c2%a220m-defamation-suit-against-herald-newspaper"},"modified":"2022-08-18T15:59:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:59:29","slug":"chief-of-staff-files-gh%c2%a220m-defamation-suit-against-herald-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/chief-of-staff-files-gh%c2%a220m-defamation-suit-against-herald-newspaper","title":{"rendered":"Chief of Staff files GH\u00a220m defamation suit against Herald newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Madam Akosua Frema Osei Opare, the Chief of Staff, has filed a GH\u00a220 million defamation suit against Prime Mark Company Limited, owners of the Herald newspaper and its Managing News Editor, Larry Alans Dogbey.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the Chief of Staff, in a letter dated August 10, 2022, gave Prime Mark Company Limited, publishers of the Herald newspaper a 24-hour ultimatum to retract and apologise for the \u201cdefamatory\u201d publication against her by the Newspaper.<\/p>\n

The Newspaper, however, failed to retract the publication and apologise.<\/p>\n

In a statement of claim filed by Mr Gary Nimako Marfo, counsel for the Chief of staff, the Plaintiff said the defendants in one of its publications had a headline with her picture stating that: \u201cMore Rot Emerge from BOST with Chief of Staff Named Again!\u201d<\/p>\n

According the Chief of Staff, that publication sought to suggest that she was the person who engaged in dishonest\/illegal activities at BOST.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Plaintiff understands the defendants\u2019 statement that \u2018The Herald\u2019 is informed about some fraudulent disposal of some cars belonging to BOST.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cars were disposed off under mysterious circumstances after an auction was halted midway in the name of the Chief of Staff in the Office of the President, Akosua Frema Osei-0pare,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

According to the plaintiff the above statement meant that she was \u201ccriminally minded and engages in fraudulent transactions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plaintiff said the \u2018defamatory\u201d statements were made without any just cause and were intended to cause her public ridicule, disaffection and to reduce her image in the eyes of right thinking members of society both in Ghana and abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaintiff avers that the said publication has portrayed her as a person who encourages in the commission of criminal and illegal activities and that same was calculated to injure her reputation and also expose her to hatred, public ridicule, damage to her person, profession and lower her estimation in the eyes of right-thinking members of society,\u201d the statement said<\/p>\n

She is, therefore, praying the High Court for a declaration that the defendants\u2019 publication as particularised in the statement of claim with the headline \u201d More Rot Emerge from BOST with Chief of Staff Named Again!\u201d was defamatory and same was made without any basis.<\/p>\n

Again, the Chief of Staff is praying the court for \u201ca declaration that the defendants\u2019 publication was without any basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also, the plaintiff is praying for an order of injunction directed at the defendants, agents, assigns, privies from continuing to make any further defamatory publication about her.<\/p>\n

Additionally, she is seeking an Order of Court directed at the defendants to retract the said defamatory publication and render unqualified apology in the same prominence as the defamatory publication.<\/p>\n

She is seeking a \u201ccompensatory damages in the sum of twenty million Ghana cedis (GH\u00a220,000,000.00) for loss of reputation against the Defendants,\u201d the statement of claim averred.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. Madam Akosua Frema Osei Opare, the Chief of Staff, has filed a GH\u00a220 million defamation suit against Prime Mark Company Limited, owners of the Herald newspaper and its Managing News Editor, Larry Alans Dogbey. 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