General News of Friday, 2 June 2023Source: www.ghanaweb.comEditor-In-Chief of the New Crusading GUIDE newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has reacted to an adjournment granted by the Court of Appeal in a defamation suit he won against Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong. Agyapong applied to the court seeking leave to adduce fresh evidence in the case determined by the High Court in June 2020. Background to case:In June 2020, an Accra High court has ruled in favour of the veteran journalist in his case against Kennedy Agyapong. Kweku Baako in 2018 sued Assin Central MP over defamatory comments on different occasions at an Accra-based radio station. The lawmaker is quoted to have said “You [referring to the plaintiff], Anas and your lawyer, yeah, they are real evil guys [referring to the plaintiff and Anas] … Kweku Baako will collapse NPP’s government should he allow it.

Source: GhanaWeb June 02, 2023 13:47 UTC