DR. MATTHEW OPOKU PREMPEH vs. SAMUEL GYAMFI [2022]DLHC11773

Date	2022-10-13
Suit No.	SUIT NO.GJ/1510/2019
Citation No.	[2022]DLHC11773

HIS LORDSHIP CHARLES GYAMFI DANQUAH J.

NANA AGYEI BAFFOUR AWUAH ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF

GODWIN KUDZO TAMEKLO ESQ FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2022]DLHC11773
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DR. MATTHEW OPOKU
PREMPEH.<o:p></o:p>

(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

SUIT NO.GJ/1510/2019&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: 13TH OCTOBER, 2022<o:p></o:p>

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&nbsp;COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>

NANA AGYEI BAFFOUR AWUAH, ESQ., FOR THE
PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>

GODWIN KUDZO TAMEKLO,
ESQ., FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

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HIS LORDSHIP CHARLES
GYAMFI DANQUAH, J.<o:p></o:p>

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INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>

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I begin this delivery with a saying from Bill Gates, "that success is a lousy
teacher. It seduces smart people into
thinking they can't lose."<o:p></o:p>

The Plaintiff, with the following accolades,
achievements, work experience and laurels as a member of Parliament for the
Manhyia South Constituency in the Ashanti Region of the Republic of Ghana, Minister for Education of the Republic of
Ghana, Member of various Standing
Committees including Health, Appointments, Special Budget and Environment,
Science, Technology, Innovation
Committees, a Medical Doctor in the Republic of Ghana and the United Kingdom, was an active member of the Royal College of Physicians and<o:p></o:p>

Surgeons of the United Kingdom, an alumnus of the Prestigious Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University,
USA has brought the present defamation action against the Defendant, a lawyer
and the Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress-Party.<o:p></o:p>

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In his amended writ of summons and amended
statement of claim filed on 16th July, 2019 the Plaintiff claimed
the following reliefs against the Defendant;<o:p></o:p>

1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that the words complained of and published
by the Defendant and contained
in paragraph 14, herein, are defamatory of the Plaintiffs character.<o:p></o:p>

2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="1" height="24" src="file:///C:/Users/perki/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" v:shapes="docshape5">An order of the Honourable Court directed at the
Defendant to publish an unqualified retraction and an apology with the same
prominence the defamatory words received within 7 -days after the judgment.<o:p></o:p>