{"id":353311,"date":"2017-09-13T20:06:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T20:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=353311"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:24:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:24:19","slug":"gabby-otchere-darko-sues-ghana-palaver-for-defamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/gabby-otchere-darko-sues-ghana-palaver-for-defamation\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabby Otchere-Darko sues Ghana Palaver for defamation"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Patriotic Party (NPP) member, Gabby Otchere-Darko, has sued Revelap Publishers & Suppliers limited, the publishers of the Ghana Palaver newspaper, and a Ghanaian citizen, for defamation.<\/p>\n

The defamation concerns a news story published in the Ghana Palaver Newspaper on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, alleging that the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, gave Mr. Otcehre Darko\u2019s law firm a $20 million review contract.<\/p>\n

The newspaper said this information was from \u201cunimpeachable sources\u201d and described this alleged sole-sourced contract given to Mr. Otchere-Darko as an act of nepotism, whilst disparaging his law firm, Africa Legal Associates.<\/p>\n

Mr. Otchere-Darko is seeking an injunction restraining the defendants from further publishing the defamatory content that spawned this lawsuit. He is also demanding legal fees as part of his suit.<\/p>\n

Mr. Otchere-Darko’s lawyers, in the writ sighted by citifmonline.com<\/strong>, said the allegations were \u201cutterly false, products of the defendants\u2019 imagination and were mischievously calculated by the defendant to disparage him [Otchered Darko] and to create disaffection for him and to bring him into odium in the eyes of right thinking members of the Republic and global community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawyers held that \u00a0Mr. Otchere-Darko\u2019s reputation, \u201cespecially as a lawyer\u201d had been damaged, and he had suffered \u201cdebilitating distress and embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Further, he has been inundated with numerous calls from business associations and social relations and friends, and he has had to answer very mortifying questions,\u201d the lawyers added.<\/p>\n

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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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