Akuapem South MCE, Frank Aidoo sues Real Estate Developers for defamation
25th January 2021
Two Directors of Revealed Truth Properties, a property development company, have been sued by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Akuapem South, Mr. Frank Aidoo, for Aburi in the Eastern Region for defaming him.
The MCE, through his lawyers is demanding One Million Ghana Cedis (GHC1,000,000) in damages from Gloria Nyarko and Bridgette Ofosu-Sarkodie together with their company.
Mr. Aidoo is accusing the the Directors of causing destruction to his reputation through libelous letters and publications.
In his statements of claims cited by this portal, the Plaintiff is seeking a declaration that a publication and words contained in the Defendants various letters dated 21st December 2020 addressed variously to the Inspector General of Police, the Chief of Staff, the Press, the Eastern Region Minister and also published and carried by some websites are libelous and defamatory.
The Akuapem South MCE is also seeking general damages against the Defendants for the said libelous and defamatory publications.
Mr. Frank Adioo is also praying the Court to order the Defendants to wholly retracts the said publications and letters and apologize to him through the same medium used in labeling him.
In the writ summons filed at the Accra High Court, the Frank Aidoo additionally is asking for “An order of perpetual injunction restraining the Defendants from continuing with, or carrying out any such further libelous and defamatory publications against the Plaintiff in any medium whatsoever".
Background
Miss Gloria Nyarko, the Managing Director of Revealed Truth Properties has petitioned President Akufo-Addo over the alleged continuous bullying and delays of the permit by the MCE.
The land in question is a large tract of land approximately 8.39 acres at Pokrom in the Akuapem South Municipality, which the Revealed Truth Properties has stormed on it to use for the construction of residences.
According to them, the land was legally acquired but the MCE is doing everything within his power to stop them from developing it, claiming it is on the blind side of the farmers.
The Estate Developer in the petition said “in the course of their work, some thugs (‘land guards’) wielding weapons and claiming to have been sent by the Municipal Chief Executive (‘MCE’), besieged the land. These ‘land guards’ assaulted and drove out our workmen, destroyed equipment and other structures on the land, and further threatened our workmen and our Directors with death should they be found working on the land again.”
The statement added that a complaint was lodged with the Aburi Police Command against the activities of land guards and the MCE “with the expectation that the Police will intervene, investigate, prosecute the crime and restore peace” to enable RTP to carry on with their lawful business but the police failed to act.