Um..wait what? What is going on in Ghana? Law suits
everywhere. I just got this feed from Peacefmonline and the report says that,
Lawyer Ampaw has sued Ghanaian comedian-Aplus for defaming him. The man is
seeking a whooping GH¢ 1M in damages with respect to unfair comments, allegedly
to have been made by A-Plus against Dr. Maurice Ampaw, a Ghanaian legal
practitioner and president of the Legal Advocacy Foundation. It’s the second
social media related suit for this month alone. Remember, the one between
musican Shatta Wale and Charter House where the complainant-Charter House is
praying the court award them GH¢ 10M in damages for defamation.
Check below for the report from Peacefmonline plus photos of the writ of summons.
"Legal practitioner and social commentator Mauriace Ampaw has
sued Musician and Comedian A-Plus asking for GH¢1million as damages. A copy of
a writ has been released on social media baring the name of both the plaintiff
and defendant, Maurice K. Ampaw and Kwame Asare Obeng. The lawyer is suing
A-Plus for a Facebook post published on his wall on October 11 2014 . In the
said facebook comment, A Plus described, Lawyer Ampaw as "DUMB" and
criticized him for throwing dust in the eyes of Ghanaian about knowing the where
about of missing Hiplife artiste Theophilous Tagoe aka Castro.
According to the lawyer, the words used by the musician cum
comedian have gone against him hence, demanding such an amount. Before the writ
surfaced this morning, Lawyer Ampaw threatened to drag A-Plus to court and
A-Plus responding on social media calling his bluff that "Maurice Ampaw
will be a coward If he doesn't sue me", A-Plus stated on facebook.
According to reports A-Plus stated on Accra based Radio Univers that Maurice
Ampaw is not a lawyer and he is ever ready to meet him in court to solve the
case. A-Plus has reportedly disclosed that he has officially not received any
letter from the courts so he is patiently waiting to be served with it.
Meanwhile Lawyer Ampaw will address a press conference
tomorrow Friday October 24, 2014 at the St. Martins Hotel at Dansoman in Accra.
It is not clear what the lawyer has to tell the media but we will cover the
press conference bring to our readers what he had to say"
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