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Lawyer for Haruna Iddrisu and Ato Forson, lawyer James Mensah Kulley wrote to the management of “The Herald” newspaper to request an apology and retraction for a malicious publication.
It comes after the Herald Newspaper ran an article about the Minority Leader and Ranking Member of Parliament’s Finance Committee with the caption “CSO NAMES HARUNA IDDRISU & ATO FORSON IN GNPC BRIBERY SCANDAL …. in Parliament.
The article sought to show that Haruna Iddrisu and Ato Forson had organized a meeting between the executive secretary of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mr. Mensah Thompson on the one hand and agents of Aker Energy and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation of the other.
The publication also sought to suggest that the two pushed Mensah Thompson to grant a hearing to Aker Energy and GNPC agents by making their offer.
Calling his attention to the post, attorney for Haruna Iddrisu and Ato Forson said the content was a vicious, malicious and defamatory lie.
As a result, he, in a letter to the management of ‘The Herald’, asked for an apology and retraction.
“My clients have asked me to record that at no time and at any time did they facilitate any meeting between Mr. Mensah Thompson on the one hand and Aker Energy and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) on the other share, which led to some money exchanging hands on the $ 1.65 billion oil block transaction, ”reads a letter to the newspaper’s management.
He adds: “I am requesting by this letter and I hereby do so that you issue a withdrawal from the above-mentioned publication and that you offer a wholehearted apology to my clients no later than September 6, 2021. This reply should be published in the same position and importance as the publication you complain about in your newspaper.
If you fail to post a takedown of said post and apologize wholeheartedly to my clients, the. or before September 6, 2021, I have their other instructions without recourse against you, to take legal action against you and your publishers to repurchase the image of my clients.
Below is a copy of the letter:
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