Politics of Friday, 24 January 2020Source: 3news.comAbronye finally served with GHC10m defamatory suitBono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame BaffoeCourt bailiffs have successfully served the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC with a defamatory suit filed against him by former CEO of COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Opuni. The plaintiff is seeking 10 million cedis in general damages against Abronye for slandering him during a television show in November 2019. U2 Company Limited owners of United Television (UTV), and the Despite Media Group were joined in the suit for providing the platform for the first defendant to propagate his defamatory statements. After weeks of what appears to be a hide and seek game, Abronye DC was tracked to UTV where he was served immediately after appearing on a programme there Thursday morning. According to Dr. Opuni, what the NPP chairman said: “are not only inaccurate, but highly malicious and defamatory and deliberately contrived to reduce the hard-earned reputation and good name of Plaintiff”.

Source: GhanaWeb January 24, 2020 15:56 UTC