General News of Saturday, 23 November 2019Source: Graphic.com.ghSecurity expert sues Daily Post for defamationKwame Dankwa said the publication by the media house was false and a dent on his imageA security expert, Mr Adegbule Olatunde Durojaiye, also known as Kwame Dankwa, has filed a defamation suit against the Daily Post newspaper for publishing stories which claim he is training vigilantes at the National Security Training Camp, a military installation at Asutuare. Other defendants mentioned on the writ are Giraffe Publications, the publisher of the Daily Post , Michael Dokosi, the editor of the Daily Post and Ghananews online, an online portal which also published the said defamatory comments. ReliefsMr Durojaiye is using the legal action to seek a declaration from the court that the said publications by the defendants are defamatory. No basisMr Durojaiye has debunked the allegations, arguing they were untrue and without any facts to back them. Also, it is the contention of the plaintiff that vigilantism was a crime and by claiming that he was training vigilantes, the defendants meant he was “engaged in the criminal enterprises of training vigilantes and is training people for criminal activities.”

Source: GhanaWeb November 23, 2019 13:07 UTC