Ex-CID boss seeks GH¢10 million in defamation case against media houses

A former Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Commissioner of Police (COP) Faustina Agyeiwaa Kodua Andoh-Kwofie, has sued Charles Amegadzie, a national security operative, as well as several media houses and their editors for publishing alleged defamatory material against her.

The defendants include Prosper Kay, Roger A. Agana, NewsGhana.com.gh, Supreme Newspaper, Cloudview Technology Limited, and Opera Norway AS (Opera News).

Amegadzie is said to have caused a story about a disputed land to be published in a manner that suggested COP Andoh-Kwofie used her position in the police service to engage in land grabbing.

According to COP Andoh-Kwofie, the report is completely false.

She is therefore asking the High Court to declare the publication defamatory and to order the defendants to immediately delete the story in its entirety, retract it, and issue an unreserved apology.

She is also seeking GH¢10 million in general, aggravated, and exemplary damages for defamation, as well as a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants and their agents from further publishing the alleged defamatory material.

COP Andoh-Kwofie explained that the land in dispute is currently before a court of competent jurisdiction for determination, and that the deliberate framing of the story to portray her as a corrupt police officer who abused her office is defamatory.

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