Agya Koo’s The Base Movement in court as name dispute with breakaway group heads to May 15 hearing
A legal battle over identity, branding and organisational legitimacy involving Ghanaian actor and comedian Agya Koo’s The Base Movement has landed before a High Court in Accra, with the next hearing set for Friday, May 15.
Veteran actor Alexander Kofi Adu confirmed the adjournment while speaking on the matter, as Agya Koo expressed hope that the judicial process would bring clarity and defuse what he characterised as needless political tension surrounding the dispute.
At the centre of the courtroom clash are two groups with deeply intertwined origins — The Base Movement, founded by Agya Koo, and Base Ghana First LBG, a splinter entity that broke away from the original movement in March 2026 following what court documents describe as a bitter falling-out over leadership and internal governance.
According to the statement of case filed by Base Ghana First LBG, the two factions were once a single organisation before disagreements over how the group was being run brought things to a head.
The friction reportedly boiled over after some national executives found themselves ejected from official communication platforms and key activities were suspended — all, the plaintiff alleges, without proper consultation or adherence to due process.
The suit further claims that The Base Movement’s leadership went on to constitute a nine-member executive council in direct contravention of the organisation’s own rules, deepening the rift and ultimately triggering the split.
Having broken away and established itself as an independent body, Base Ghana First LBG says it quickly gathered momentum, broadening its footprint across the country and building a substantial support base of its own.
It is on the back of that growth that the core of the legal dispute has crystallised.
The plaintiff alleges that The Base Movement has continued to deploy the name “The Base Ghana First” on souvenirs, signboards and official materials, despite the two groups now being entirely separate entities.
Base Ghana First LBG argues this amounts to deliberate misrepresentation — blurring the lines between the two organisations in the public eye, misleading supporters and potential investors, and allowing The Base Movement to trade on the goodwill and recognition that the breakaway group has worked to build for itself.
To put an end to what it describes as an ongoing appropriation of its identity, Base Ghana First LBG is asking the court to grant a perpetual injunction barring The Base Movement from using the disputed name in any form of public communication or official engagement going forward.
The High Court will take up the matter again on May 15.
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