Spio-Garbrah loses $10m maligning suit against Wontumi
Dr Spio-Garbrah was requesting harms of $10 million from Chairman Wontumi
A Kumasi High Court has purportedly excused a slander suit recorded by previous Trade and Industry Minister Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah against Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako nom de plume Wontumi.
The previous clergyman, who was requesting harms as much as $10 million, likewise named Wontumui Multimedia Company Limited, possessed by the NPP director, as the second respondent in his suit.
As indicated by him, Wontumi, during a conversation on his Wontumi TV and radio broadcasts, slandered him by calling him a hoodlum.
"All that Inusah Fuseini is saying is that even him, Inusah Fuseini, is a criminal. On the off chance that you notice Spio-Garbrah's name, he is a criminal, Sylvester Mensah is a cheat, Johsua Alabi is a hoodlum, all their official competitors are hoodlums, so on the off chance that John Mahama is a hoodlum, let us permit him to keep taking," the previous priest cited Wontumi in his writ.
He illustrated that the words utilized by Wontumi were articulated without alert by the litigant with the aim to make harm and injury his well deserved worldwide standing, which he esteems more than ten million bucks.
"The Plaintiff says that the slanderous words were expressed, without alert by the litigant in a malignant way with the goal to make harm and injury the offended party's well deserved worldwide standing," he contended in his writ.
Wontumi, in his composed reaction to the suit, contended that he implied no malevolence except for was just deciphering the assertion made by Mr. Inusah Fuseni.
A report by Wontumionline.com located by GhanaWeb guaranteed that the court slapped a fine of GHC150,000 against the candidate in the wake of discovering that his case was without merit.
The fine, as indicated by the report, is to be paid to the respondent by the candidate.
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