An Accra High Court has ordered publishers of the Daily Post newspaper and its editor, Michael Dokosi, to pay an amount of GHc 800,000 to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) board Chairman, Hackman Owusu Agyeman.
The amount was awarded as damages for a defamatory publication against him.
The court made the order after it found them guilty of defaming Mr. Owusu Agyeman.
The court also asked the defendants to, within two weeks, retract the defamatory story and apologise on the front-page of the paper.
The former Minister of State Hackman Owusu Agyeman filed a GHc5 million suit against Giraffe Publications, publishers of the Daily Post newspaper and the Editor, Michael Dokosi, and one Haruna Mahama, for defamation for remarks by the Daily Post.
Mr. Dokosi and Mahama Haruna alleged that Mr. Owusu-Agyemang recorded and leaked a tape of a secret meeting between former President John Kufuor, some members of the clergy and some party elders at the former’s residence in Accra recently.
According to the publication, Mr. Owusu-Agyemang had been accused by Mahama Haruna of recording the meeting and leaking the story to embarrass former President and the clergy for saying things that will not inure to the sustenance of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and ensure that Nana Akufo-Addo, flagbearer of the NPP, lost the 2016 elections.
Among the claims sought by Mr. Owusu-Agyeman were; “damage for libel in the sum of GHc 5 million, an order of perpetual injunction to restrain the Defendants, whether by themselves, their agents, servants, workmen, privies or any of them or otherwise from further writing, printing, publishing and/or causing to be written, printed and published the said words or similar statements defamatory of the plaintiff.”
Source: citifmonline.com
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This serves these empty-headed news outlet right! I hope this teaches them the lesson to employ intelligent journalists who will collate information before they publish them.
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What do these ndc hateful people get from defamation of their perceived enemies? I wish Al Hajj news paper get the same treatment. These nonentities think they can destroyed hard working and had earned dignity and honour of some Akans just because they hate Akans and what are you here for,you can't live with us you get out because we occupy the majority and of cause the richest part of the land of this nation and there wouldn't be any problem at all for us if some people who feel uncomfortable want to leave. Just see the United Nations and I think they can begin the process for everyone to have peace. Next time ask more than the GHS 5 Million to get at least GHS 1MILLION. My advise to Mr Hackman Owusu Agyeman is not to relent to any plea from any quarters because denigrating and destroying your good name is not easy to recover and you don't allow fo*ls to destroy you and come back to beg. Don't listen to nobody and get the money at least there are some kids in Effiduase/New Juaben who need help to get good education,that money can be out in an education fund to help poor kids. They are fo*ls who don't learn and they think destroying you will help their dying ndc party survive.
Serves the publishers of this ***barred word*** minded newspapers and others like them right.