{"id":5400,"date":"2014-03-11T16:05:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T16:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=5400"},"modified":"2014-03-11T21:02:58","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T21:02:58","slug":"kojo-bonsu-sues-two-assembly-members-for-defamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/kojo-bonsu-sues-two-assembly-members-for-defamation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kojo Bonsu sues two assembly members for defamation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5402\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/kojo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5402\" alt=\"Kojo Bonsu\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/kojo.jpg\" width=\"235\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kumasi Mayor,Kojo Bonsu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Kumasi Mayor, Kojo Bonsu has sued two members of the assembly, Maxwell Ofosu Boateng and Philip Addae for slanderous comments made against him.<\/p>\n<p>The Spokesperson for the mayor, Sammy Gyamfi who spoke to <b>Citi News<\/b> said his lawyers have served the two with the writ of summons for accusing the mayor of misappropriating funds generated from the Kejetia bus terminal<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that their statements were libelous and slanderous in nature so we have gone to the law courts to seek justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the two assembly members say they still stand by their comments.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Citi News, One of the assembly members, Philip Addae stated that\u201cwhat we said was practical thing, there was nothing wrong with it. He can\u2019t threaten us,\u201d he insisted<\/p>\n<p>He also confirmed that they had received the writ and were in talking terms with their lawyer to respond within the 8 working days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kumasi Mayor, Kojo Bonsu has sued two members of the assembly, Maxwell Ofosu Boateng and Philip Addae for slanderous comments made against him. 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