PROFESSOR ERNEST ARYEETEY vs. PROFESSOR EBENEZER ODURO OWUSU AND UNIVERSITY OF GHANA

JUDGMENT This is a claim in defamation in which the Plaintiff claims per his Amended Writ of Summons as follows:- a) Declaration that the 1st Defendant’s statements in March 2018, August 2018 and on 2nd July 2019 imputing wrongdoing, illegal and corrupt acts against the Plaintiff are defamatory of the Plaintiff. b) Damages, including aggravated damages, against the 1st Defendant for the injury caused to the Plaintiff’s reputation as a former Vice Chancellor and an accomplished academic of international repute. c) An Order compelling the 1st Defendant to issue a written retraction of the defamatory statements and render an unqualified apology to the Plaintiff, and addressed to the members of the 2nd Defendant’s staff, the convocation and the 2nd Defendant’s alumni, and to be published on the 2nd Defendant’s “Radio Universe” network on three consecutive occasions. d) An Order restraining the 1st Defendant from publishing further defamatory statements of and concernin...