Dr Ayew Afriye sues Rev Owusu Bempah

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Effiduase/Asokore, Dr Nana Ayew Afriye, has sued the founder and leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministry, Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah, over a claim made by the pastor. Rev Owusu Bempah had alleged that some leading figures of the NPP, including Dr Nana Ayew Afriye, are behind a supposed plot by the Nasara group of the party to attack him and his church members. “You can write for me. Those organising that thing (the attack); Anthony Abayifa Karbo, and Smmy Awuku is also among them. One of them is called Opare Ansah, and the other one, Ayew Afriyie. These are the people planning evil,” the pastor said. In the writ of summons filed by his lawyers, Dr Ayew Afriyie said that the allegations made by the prophet are “defamatory” and intended to lower his “integrity, reputation, image and standing”. He therefore asked the court to rule that the remarks made by Rev Owusu Bempah were defamatory and had dented his reputation. He also asked the court for damages of GH¢10 million and an order for the pastor to retract his comments. NPP petitions National Security, BNI, Police to investigate Rev Owusu Bempah See all the reliefs he is seeking below: i. A declaration that the statement published by the Defendants on the 6th day of September, 2026, and brought to the attention of the Plaintiff... are defamatory in character, and have tendered to lower the integrity, reputation, image and standing of the Plaintiff in the estimation of high-thinking members of the society. ii. Damages against the Defendants to a tune of Ten Million Ghana Cedis (GHC 10,000,000.00) for making such highly offensive and defamatory statements of, and concerning the Plaintiff on the platform of the 2nd Defendant on the 6th day of September, 2026, and other social media platforms, which was brought to the attention of the Plaintiff. iii. An order compelling the Defendants to retract, with apology, the defamatory statements made on the platform of the 2nd Defendant and other social media platforms. iv. An order directed at the Defendants to render an unqualified apology to the Plaintiff on the same medium as the defamatory statements for a period of fourteen days (14 days). V. An order of perpetual injunction restraining the Defendants from further making or causing to be made such or similar words defamatory to the Plaintiff. vi. Cost, including legal fees. BAI “Dubai Sef De Flood” – Man Blasts Authorities Over Laboma Demolition GBA president 'attacks' Chief Justice Baffoe-Bonnie at 2026 Bar Conference Over SOE Comments Source: www.ghanaweb.com
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