{"id":61878,"date":"2014-11-04T11:58:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T11:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=61878"},"modified":"2014-11-05T09:10:42","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T09:10:42","slug":"a-plus-prays-court-to-strike-out-maurice-ampaw-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=61878","title":{"rendered":"A-Plus prays court to strike out Maurice Ampaw case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The counsel for musician Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, has prayed the Accra High Court hearing the case brought against the musician to strike out the case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">According to a motion filed in the court, Lawyer Gary Nimako Marfo argues that &#8220;as a matter of law, the writ of summons discloses no reasonable cause of action against the Defendant\/Applicant and same ought to be struck out by the Honorable Court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Maurice Ampaw sued A-Plus for comments allegedly made by A-Plus on his Facebook page that described him as \u2018dumb\u2019 for his comments on the missing Castro saga.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Maurice Ampaw, the plaintiff, seeks an apology from the musician, an order to restrain him and GHc 1 million cedis in damages but A-Plus&#8217; counsel believes that &#8220;the Plaintiff\/Respondent has failed to endorse the particulars of the alleged words which he claims are defamatory of him on the writ of summons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The musician posted details of the affidavit and motion on his Facebook page telling his fans that they had prayed for the case to be struck out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The case has been adjourned to November 14, 2014.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61975\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Aplus-affidavit-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61975\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Aplus-affidavit-1.jpg\" alt=\"A copy of the affidavit posted online\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Aplus-affidavit-1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Aplus-affidavit-1-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A copy of the affidavit posted online<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Aplus-affidavit-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61976\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Aplus-affidavit-2.jpg\" alt=\"Aplus affidavit 2\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Aplus-affidavit-2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Aplus-affidavit-2-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Aplus-affidavit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61978\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Aplus-affidavit.jpg\" alt=\"Aplus affidavit\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Aplus-affidavit.jpg 540w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Aplus-affidavit-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">By: Kojo Akoto Boateng\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The counsel for musician Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, has prayed the Accra High Court hearing the case brought against the musician to strike out the case. 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