A court fined the former Salaga GHC member for 1.5 million euros for defaming Baba Kamara

General News of Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Source: kasapafmonline.com

2019-04-16

A high court in Accra fined Ghana's 1,500,000 Ghanaian cedis to former Salaga South MP Ibrahim Dey Alhbadan for making a defamatory statement against the government. Former national security adviser Alhaji Baba Kamara.

On March 20, 2017, Alhaji Baba Kamara filed a lawsuit against the former MP, who claimed damages amounting to 20,000 Ghc and a perpetual injunction to the former legislator to do so. such defamatory statements.

Mr. Ibrahim Dey allegedly, in three voice recordings, accused Alhaji Baba Kamara of having inflated the cost of the contract relating to the renovation of the vice-presidential manor and pocketed money intended for the project. Salaga water. He also accused the plaintiff of hijacking official vehicles for his personal use.

The defendant, Ibrahim Dey, however, dismissed the applications when it received notice of the summons and statement.

The former deputy said that he had not allowed anyone to register defamatory statements against Alhaji Kamara.

However, after the full trial of April 5, 2019, the court found Ibrahim Dey responsible for the offense with the intention of damaging the reputation of the former national security advisor, senior adviser to the presidency, high commissioner and international businessman.

The court ordered him to pay Alhaji Baba Kamara 1,500,000 Ghc and cost 5,000 Ghc.

In announcing this decision, Judge Patience Mills-Tetteh, President, lamented what she called an invincibility that creeps into Ghanaian society, where bad information is being given about other people without checking their authenticity.

"Incivility gradually infiltrates our society, people badly denounce others on our airwaves without verifying the authenticity of the facts and this must be controlled, the officials of this country must be high and respected after the services rendered to this country. It is not fair to accuse wrongdoing when there is no way to prove that they have committed these offenses.

"This nation should not encourage the spread of false news and provocative vocabulary on our airwaves, as this could cause irreparable damage to the image of the person, a topic of discussion. It's not profitable to use words to demolish people in authority, "she concluded.