Court awards 1.5 million GH ¢ against former NDC MP for defamation

General News of Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

2019-04-16

The High Court of Accra has granted 1.5 million GH ¢ to Ibrahim Dey Abubakari, former deputy of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of South Salaga, for making a defamatory statement against him. 39, former national security adviser, Alhaji Baba Kamara.

On March 20, 2017, Alhaji Baba Kamara initiated legal proceedings against the former MP.

He claimed damages amounting to 20,000,000 GH ¢ and a perpetual injunction to prevent Ibrahim Dey from making other defamatory statements about him.

Ibrahim Dey Abubakari allegedly accused Alhaji Baba Kamara of inflating the contract costs for the renovation of the vice president's mansion and pocketed money intended for the Salaga water supply project in three voice recordings.

He also accused the former national security advisor of hijacking official vehicles for his personal use.

However, the accused Ibrahim Dey denied the allegations when he received the writ of summons.

The former deputy said that he had not allowed anyone to record or publish defamatory statements about Alhaji Kamara.

The court, after the trial of April 5, 2019, said Ibrahim Dey responsible, saying that the former MP had the intention to damage the reputation of the former national security adviser, the advisor Principal to the presidency, from the former high commissioner and from the businessman.

The court subsequently ordered him to pay compensation of 1,500,000 GH ¢ to Alhaji Baba Kamara and 5,000 GH ¢.

Judge Patience Mills-Tetteh, in her decision, stated: "Incivilities are gradually infiltrating into our society, people are telling bad information about other people on our airwaves without checking the phone." authenticity of the facts and this must be controlled. the officials of this country must be lifted and respected after the services rendered to this country. It is not fair to accuse wrongdoing when there is no evidence that they have committed these offenses.

"Our country 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 being discussed. It is not profitable to use words to demolish people in authority, "she added.