The Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), Senyo Hosi, has sued outspoken member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kennedy Agyapong for defamation.<\/p>\n
Joined to the suit is Kencity Media limited, a company that manages Oman FM and Net2 TV, all owned by Kennedy Agyapong and the Deputy Executive Director of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Afia Akoto.<\/p>\n
Senyo Hosi is demanding GHc 5 million from Kennedy Agyapong, GHc3 million from Kencity and GHc1 million from Afia Akoto.<\/p>\n
The CBOD boss explained that, Kennedy Agyapong, who is also the Member of Parliament for Assin Central in the Central Region, made some defamatory comments against him on several media Houses including his own Oman FM, Net 2 and on Accra-based Asempa FM.<\/p>\n
He added that, Afia Akoto also reiterated similar comments against him on some media platforms.<\/p>\n
Lawyers of Mr. Hosi subsequently wrote to Kennedy Agyapong and Afia Akoto advising them to retract and apologize for the comments the lawyers say were \u201coutright falsehood,\u201d but it seems the advice was ignored.<\/p>\n
Senyo Hosi has thus sued them praying the court to uphold that the comments were defamatory and have \u201cgravely injured\u201d his reputation hence the defendants must be made to retract, apologize and compensate him.<\/p>\n
Mr. Agyapong alleged on Oman FM that Mr Hosi attempted to bribe the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) with $1million to enable him buy the contentious 5 million litres of contaminated fuel sold to an unregistered oil firm, Movenpiina and Zup Oil.<\/p>\n
Senyo Hosi in his writ quoted Kennedy Agyapong of saying: \u201c\u2026The man was promised one million dollars, he didn\u2019t take it\u2026It is rather the one million dollars people who were going to do the contamination thing\u2026I don\u2019t know that Hosi whoever Senyo [is] but I have all this evidence against them\u2026If that guy is on it [the committee], if they bring any report, nobody will accept it because for someone who has gone to offer one million dollars\u2026How can Boakye Agyarko the minister involve him\u2026that guys should be thrown out completely\u2026He should question the quy and let him face me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Hosi further quoted Kennedy Agyapong speaking on Asempa FM to have said: \u201c\u2026Again the bombshell in it is that this guy, his name is in my thing, he is called Yoosi something something, I have a difficulty pronouncing his name.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Mr. Agyapong, Senyo Hosi had tried to bribe Alfred Obeng Boateng so that the controversial sale of the off-spec oil would be overturned in his (Hosi’s) favour.<\/p>\n
Lawyers for Mr. Hosi denied the claim, saying ” Our client, for the avoidance of doubt, wishes to place on record that your said allegations are completely false and that he has never been offered or offered to buy or engage in any transaction of a commercial nature with the BOST, its CEO, any of its officers or third-parties however described.”<\/p>\n
Below is the reliefs sought by Senyo Hosi:<\/strong><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana\n
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