{"id":396493,"date":"2018-01-30T07:23:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T07:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=396493"},"modified":"2018-01-30T08:21:44","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T08:21:44","slug":"afia-akoto-begs-senyo-hosi-to-escape-gh%c2%a28m-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/afia-akoto-begs-senyo-hosi-to-escape-gh%c2%a28m-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Afia Akoto begs Senyo Hosi to escape GH\u00a28m suit"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Deputy Executive Secretary of the Microfinance and Small Loan Center (MASLOC), Afia Akoto, who is the third defendant in a GH\u00a2 8 million defamation lawsuit, has apologized and retracted comments she reechoed accusing Senyo Hosi, CEO of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors of offering a $1 million bribe to the CEO of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) Alfred Obeng.<\/p>\n
In a letter dated January 22, 2018, and addressed to Senyo Hosi\u2019s lawyers, Afia Akoto said she admits her comment was without basis and apologized for it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI write to sincerely and unreservedly apologize, retract wholly my comments about your client which led to me being 3rd<\/sup> defendant in the above-mentioned defamation lawsuit. .. I admit that even though I did not originate the allegations of wrongdoing, I did re-echoe them on my Facebook wall on the 28th<\/sup> of June 2017 without first verifying what I now accept to be rather unfortunate claims without basis.. I regret the comment, and apologize unreservedly and undertake never to repeat them. I am truly sorry for the damage caused your client,\u201d the letter stated.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At the court hearing on Monday, Madam Afia Akoto signed the terms of settlement which includes the retraction and apology.<\/p>\n She was therefore removed from the case as 3rd<\/sup> defendant, while plaintiff had gone to pray default judgement because Mr. Kennedy Agyapong and Kencity Media had not filed a defence to the case.<\/p>\n But they brought a late defence on Monday morning which was accepted by the court, but was made to pay GH\u00a21,000 for the late defence.<\/p>\n The case will now proceed with Mr. Agyapong and Kencity Media as 1st<\/sup> and 2nd<\/sup> respondents respectively.<\/p>\n Kennedy Agyapong, who owns Kencity Media, alleged that Senyo Hosi had made a $1 million bribe offer to the CEO of BOST, Alfred Obeng.<\/p>\n The MP said the bribe was to influence Mr. Obeng to reverse the contaminated fuel sale made by BOST to two companies.<\/p>\n Afia Akoto, who was joined to the lawsuit as a 3rd<\/sup> defendant repeated the allegation on her social media platform.<\/p>\n