Ibrahim Mahama sues Owusu Bempah for defamation

Businessman Ibrahim Mahama has sued the Communication Director of the Ghana Gas Company, Ernest Owusu Bempah, for defamation.

The Chief Executive Officer of Engineers and Planners is demanding GH¢2 million compensation from the outspoken politician for accusing him of stealing during a discussion on Accra-based United Television (UTV).

He said the claims made against him are “palpable lies made without justification and was actuated by the defendant’s [Owusu Bempah’s] gross malice, disdain and ill will”

In a suit filed at the High Court, Mr Mahama is demanding “an order directed at Ernest Owusu Bempah compelling him to publish in the Daily Graphic and on UTV an unqualified apology to Ibrahim Mahama and a retraction of the said statements with the same prominence and passion as the defamatory statement.”

The suit is also demanding“punitive or exemplary damages of GH¢2 million for defamation” from Owusus Bempah.

Mr Mahama is also praying the court to order the television station to “remove from its archives, be it electronic or whatever form the said defamatory statement.”