Anas GHc25M Defamation Case: Ken Agyapong Faces Judgment 2023 | Social

The High Court in Accra presided over by Justice Eric Baah has fastened February 16, subsequent 12 months, (2023), to ship judgment within the case during which Ace Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas has sued Kennedy Agyepong for defamation.

The Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP) is dealing with a GHc25M sum from Anas over some feedback he (MP) had allegedly made in opposition to the investigative journalist in public after airing his investigative piece #Number 12, which uncovered some rots in Ghana Football.

Justice Eric Baah, a Justice of the Court of Appeal who's sitting with extra duty as a High Court choose, fastened the date after the events had ended their testimonies.

The attorneys have been directed to file their written addresses by December 6, 2022, and they'd be again in 2023 for judgment.

Background

Sometime in 2018, the ace worldwide investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas dragged the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, to court docket for defaming him.

Anas was asking the High Court to award aggravated damages to the tune of GH¢25 million arising from defamatory supplies printed by the MP.

He mentioned the MP had been publishing supplies in his bid to discredit the investigative journalist, who has launched an explosive piece on the rot in Ghana soccer.

Displeased with the MP's actions, Anas has, by way of his lawyer, Mr Kissi Agyebeng, sued Mr Agyapong for the award of normal damages for defamation within the defendant's publications.

A journalist, Mr Listowell Yesu Bukarson, has been granted the lawful lawyer to face in for Anas.

Publications

The publication complained of are May 29, 2018 stay program in Twi on Adom TV, the place Mr Agyapong categorically acknowledged that Anas was a blackmailer, corrupt, an extortionist and evil.

According to the assertion of declare, the defendant, in an analogous method, printed defamatory phrases on May 31, 2018 by way of Oman FMa personal radio station owned by the defendant.

The assertion of declare additionally acknowledged that the defendant printed extra defamatory supplies in opposition to the plaintiff by way of different platforms to the extent of releasing photos presupposed to be these of the investigative journalist in his bid to blow the latter's cowl.