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General News of Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2019-07-16
Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, Minister of Foreign Affairs
The foreign minister sued the editor of the newspaper "The Herald" and his media company for defamation.
In June 2019, the newspaper Herald reportedly published a defamatory article entitled "The Judge Released the Notorious Minster Prison Boys", which was subsequently posted on his online portal.
The publication suggests that the parliamentarian engaged in illegal activities or committed a crime against the state by using her political leverage to order the release of a convicted criminal who was serving a sentence of imprisonment. Legal imprisonment in prison.
In the publication, the respondent mentioned, supra, that "Mr. It is believed that Wala, nicknamed "Namadina", pulled a quick one on the judge, and unconfirmed information on the lips of his close collaborators, as well as his victims, allegedly committed this illegality with the help of his political party. godmother; Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey … "
The plaintiff finds this publication defamatory, adding that she neither can nor order the release of any convicted felon, as she has no power to do so.
In a brief overview by Ghanaweb, the Minister through her attorney, Gary Nimako, stated that the defamatory statements made were without good reason and were intended to ridicule her, to decommission her and to reduce her image in the eyes of well-meaning members of society. .
It claims in particular a retraction and unreserved excuses on the part of the accused, as well as "compensatory damages amounting to 1,000,000 GHC for loss of reputation of the accused".
At the same time, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, initiated a lawsuit against the magazine Africawatch, and Member of the Parliament of North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, for a defamatory article in the magazine that accused him of having inflated more than $ 16 million for the purchase of a building in Oslo, Norway.
The plaintiff, represented by his lawyer, Gary Nimako, claims compensation of US $ 20 million for the loss of reputation of the defendants.
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