Former deputy director of communication for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and member of the campaign team of the presidential candidate of the NPP, Alberta Afia Akoto, has filed a defamation suit against Kwame Asare Obeng ( Kwame A-Plus) over comments he made about her on social media.
The plaintiff (Afia Akoto) in her statement of claim filed at the high court registry on Tuesday, 16 July 2024, indicated that “by [A-Plus’s] (defendant) activities in show business, [he] has garnered a large social media following in Ghana and abroad.
“A-Plus has about 500,000 followers on Facebook, 10,000 followers on Instagram, and 10,000 followers on X (formerly Twitter). Plaintiff states that on or about 12 July 2024, A-Plus in a Facebook post, published the following statements of and concerning Plaintiff (Afia Akoto);
“Maame Afia Akoto do you remember the photos of that your yellowish 3tw* kutu you sent to Maxwell to beg him to come and eat but he run away because it was too scary? If you don’t know Maxwell. I’m talking about Mc Brown’s husband? But for me, Mc Brown would have finished you,” A-Plus is quoted to have said in his post.
“I had to beg for you so that saa wo tw* bagayaa like everywhere won’t come out to cause fear and panic in the country. I spent days solving this problem only for you to turn around and be fooling. Wo tw* huhuu se space! If I resend the photos to you, you ankasa you’ll shout blood of Jesus! Ungrateful fool!! S3 wo di3 wo se wagyimi!! Love yourself more than your party. Choose your battles wisely if not e go over you!! You no see a foolish man before eh?” the statement of claim filed by Afia Akoto further read.
To this end, Afia Akoto contended that the statement quoted above is defamatory of her, which in their natural and ordinary meaning and/or by way of innuendo, meant and were understood to mean that Afia Akoto has low morals among others.
Reliefs sought
In all, Afia Akoto is asking for five reliefs from the court. First is “a declaration that the statements contained in Defendant’s Facebook posts of 12 July 2024, published of and concerning her, and stated above are defamatory of her.
Second, she is asking for “damages of GHc 5,000,000.00 (Five Million Ghana Cedis) for defamation including exemplary and punitive damages.
Third, “An order of perpetual injunction restraining A-Plus from further publishing or causing to be published the said or similar words defamatory of her.”
Fourth, “An order directed at A-Plus to retract the foul statements about her (Afia Akoto) contained in the Facebook publications of 12 July 2024, together with an apology to Plaintiff, in the medium and with the same prominence and lastly, cost including solicitor’s fees.”
Reporting by Wilberforce Asare in Accra
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