IBRAHIM MAHAMA vs ERNEST OWUSU BEMPAH & ANO. [2019]DLHC9957

Date	2019-10-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: GJ/469/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC9957

LADYSHIP JUSTICE GEORGINA MENSAH-DATSA

REINDORF TWUMASI ANKRAH FOR PLAINTIFF

GARY NIMAKO MARFO FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT

DICKSON TWENEBOAH-KOD UAH FOR THE 2ND DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC9957
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IBRAHIM MAHAMA<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(PLAINTIFF) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>vs<o:p></o:p>ERNEST OWUSU
BEMPAH &amp; ANO. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(DEFENDANTS)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

SUIT NO.: GJ/469/2018&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE:&nbsp; 18TH OCTOBER, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>REINDORF
TWUMASI ANKRAH FOR PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p>GARY
NIMAKO MARFO FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

DICKSON TWENEBOAH-KOD UAH FOR THE 2ND
DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

LADYSHIP JUSTICE GEORGINA
MENSAH-DATSA<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>The plaintiff
claims against the defendants jointly and severally the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-font-width:101%">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that the statement that"...because krono na w'abo, krono na w'abo"
to wit 'he (plaintiff) has stolen' made of him by the 1st &nbsp;defendant, which
is set out in paragraph 14 of the Statement of Claim, on the 3rd of March, 2018 is defamatory;<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order of injunction restraining th<w:sdt sdtdocpart="t" docparttype="Page Numbers (Bottom of Page)" id="-202257211">e</w:sdt> defendants
from publishing the same or similar defamatory statements about the plaintiff;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:.85pt;margin-right:18.55pt;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:48.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.35pt;
line-height:120%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo9;tab-stops:48.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-font-width:101%">c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order directed at the 1st
defendant, compelling him to publish in the Daily Graphic and on UTV an unqualified apology to the
plaintiff and a retraction of the said statements with the same prominence and passion as the defamatory statement;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:19.15pt;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:48.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.05pt;
line-height:117%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo9;tab-stops:48.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:117%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-font-width:101%">d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order compelling 2n</main>