FULL JUDGEMENT: Wontumi wins defamation case at the Supreme Court

On November 13, 2025, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, won the defamation suit brought against him by Ghana’s Special Envoy for Reparations, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, at the Supreme Court.

Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, a former Minister of Trade and Industry, originally sued Wontumi in 2022 at the High Court in Kumasi, seeking $10 million against Wontumi and his media house, Wontumi TV/Radio, for allegedly defaming him.

The now Special Envoy for Reparations said that Wontumi and his media house defamed him by calling him a “thief” ahead of the 2020 general elections.

Wontumi wins defamation case at the Supreme Court - Report

“All that Inusah Fuseini is saying is that even he, Inusah Fuseini, is a thief. If you mention Spio-Garbrah’s name, he is a thief, Sylvester Mensah is a thief, Joshua Alabi is a thief, all their presidential candidates are thieves, so if John Mahama is a thief, then let us allow him to continue stealing,” he quoted Wontumi in his writ.

However, Chairman Wontumi, in his written response to the suit, argued that he meant no malice but was only interpreting the statement made by Inusah Fuseini.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court, rejected the claim of the appellant, Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, that the words spoken by the respondent, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, on his media platform were defamatory to his reputation.

Read the full 17-page judgement below:



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