A member of Parliament for Sekondi, Blay Nyameke Armah has filed a defamation lawsuit against an NPP member, Jospong and Metro TV.
The three identified in the defamation lawsuit are Lawuratu Musah-Saka, the Jospong Group of Companies, and Ignite Media Group.
On Good Morning Ghana, the alleged defamatory statements were made and disseminated across various social media platforms.
Lawyers for Blay Nyameke Armah stated on April 9, the first defendant Lawuratu Musah-Saka falsely accused him of being involved in the 3,000 kilograms of cocaine valued at $350 million.
She also claimed the member of parliament had fled the country to a neighbouring country to evade arrest and that his son had been apprehended in connection with the alleged cocaine burst.
Blay Nyameke Armah’s lawsuit is seeking multiple legal remedies, including:
A declaration that the statements made by the first defendant were false, malicious, and defamatory. A public retraction and apology issued by the defendants with the same prominence as the defamatory content.
An order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from publishing further defamatory statements. General, aggravated, punitive, and compensatory damages totalling GH₵10,000,000.00. Legal costs and any other reliefs deemed appropriate by the court.
Meanwhile, Blay Nyameke Armah speaking in an interview on Oyerepa TV stated on the alleged cocaine claims stated, “For me, Lawyer Blay Armah, all the allegations being peddled against me, I have no hand in them. The next thing is that they will hear from my lawyers”.
“It’s on Twitter and all over social media. But as I’m saying, in my entire life, I have never seen cocaine before. Whether it is white, or green I have not seen some with my eyes before. And the amount of money they’re mentioning, if I had that kind of money, would I still be here? I would have bought an island somewhere in the Caribbean”, he added.
See the suit below:
