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Sammy Gyamfi seeks to dismiss Afenyo-Markin’s GH₵15 million defamation suit

From Ghanaian Times · () English

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  • Lawyers for GoldBod CEO Sammy Gyamfi are asking the High Court in Accra to set aside a defamation case filed by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin.
  • The lawyers argue that the action is defective and “incurably incompetent.”
  • Afenyo-Markin filed the suit on Aug. 25, seeking GH₵15 million in compensation.

Sammy Gyamfi’s lawyers are asking Ghana’s High Court in Accra to throw out a GH₵15 million defamation case brought by Parliament’s Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin.

The legal team filed a motion seeking to set aside the suit and described the action as “defective” and “incurably incompetent.”

Afenyo-Markin issued the writ on Aug. 25, seeking GH₵15 million in compensation from Gyamfi, the chief executive officer of GoldBod. The dispute will now turn on the court’s consideration of Gyamfi’s application.

Incurably incompetent.

· Lawyers for Sammy GyamfiThe lawyers used this phrase to characterize the defamation action in their motion to set it aside.
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