Member of Parliament for the Assin South Constituency, Rev. Ntim Fordjour has won his defamation lawsuit against Stephen Cobbah and Yaw Korankye popularly known as Adepa and Ampong respectively.
The Cape Coast High Court after ruling in favor of the Member of Parliament also awarded him GH¢700,000 in damages.
The court also declared that statements published by the defendants on the Assinman Politics Gh WhatsApp platform on March 8 and 9, 2024, were defamatory.
The defendants were ordered to pay GH¢700,000 jointly and severally, along with GH¢20,000 each in legal costs.
The Cape Coast High Court also placed a perpetual injunction restraining Stephen Cobbah and Yaw Korankye from further publishing defamatory statements against Rev Ntim Fordjour.
Summary of the Judgment of the Cape Coast High Court dated 28th April, 2025
- Declaration that the words published by the Defendants on the Assinman Politics Gh. WhatsApp group platform are defamatory.
- Damages of GHS 700,000.00 against the Defendants jointly and severally.
- Cost of GHS 20,000.00 against each of the Defendants
- An order for perpetual injunction directed at the Defendants from further publishing any defamatory statements against the Plaintiff.
- An order directed at the Defendants to retract the said defamatory statements in the manner and with the prominence with which the defamatory statements were published;
- An order directed at the Defendants to each render an unqualified apology to the Plaintiff in writing and cause same to be published on the Assinman Politics Gh. WhatsApp platform and any other social media platforms Defendants circulated the defamatory statement;
