Politics of Monday, 20 January 2020Source: 3news.comNPP’s Abronye et al sued GHC10m for defamationBono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DCFormer CEO of COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Opuni has filed a suit against the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC, seeking 10 million cedis in general damages for accusing him of embezzlement. Also joined in the suit is U2 Company Limited owners of United Television (UTV), and the Despite Media Group, all based in Accra. Abronye has alleged on UTV that the National Democratic Congress doesn’t like a private firm Kroll and Associate because its forensic audit discovered an amount of $106 million belonging to COCOBOD was with an NDC financier Seidu Agongo. 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”. Dr. Opuni, among others, is seeking exemplary damages of GHC10,000,000.00 against the defendants as well as a retraction and apology on the 2nd defendant’s UTV AdekyNsroma programme with the same prominence.

Source: GhanaWeb January 20, 2020 08:26 UTC