Ernest Owusu Bempah, the Communications Director of Ghana Gas Company Limited is in trouble as an Accra High Court has ordered the National Investment Bank (NIB) to release funds his account amounting to GHC310, 000.00 to be paid to Ibrahim Mahama, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Engineers and Planners.
The Court took the decision to order the defendant’s bank to release his funds to be used in paying the plaintiff who is a brother to the former president, John Dramani Mahama after an application filed in the Court by Reindorf Twumasi Ankrah, lawyer for the plaintiff.
The plaintiff’s lawyer prayed the court to compel NIB to release funds held in an account belonging to Mr. Owusu Bempah as payment of judgment debt.
Plan-B FM’s check on the case revealed that Mr. Ibrahim Mahama won his defamation suit against the Communications Director of Ghana Gas Company Limited, Ernest Owusu Bempah and the Despite group.
It is understood that Mr. Mahama sometime last year sued Mr. Owusu Bempah for defaming him on UTV, a subsidiary of the Despite Media Group.
It is further understood that Mr. Mahama demanded a GHC2 million compensation for the deformation suit but the court granted an amount of GHC310, 000 instead. The judge reportedly noted she would have considered the full amount if Mr. Mahama himself had showed up in court during proceedings instead of his aide Rafik Mahama.
“Ernest Owusu Bempah by publishing those words directed at the person of Ibrahim Mahama, he has defamed him. I shall proceed to grant judgment in favour of the Plaintiff, Ibrahim Mahama. As we move towards next year’s election, we need to be guided,” Justice Georgina Datsa noted in her judgment Friday.
The judge also directed UTV and Mr. Owusu Bempah to remove the defamatory material from all archives.
The plaintiff’s case was led by Reindorf Twumasi Ankrah and supported by Gloria Amoah and Makafui Dzimabi.
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