Court Upholds Previous Ruling, Dismisses Defamation Lawsuit.
The Supreme Court has rejected an application for certiorari filed by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas against Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong. The court’s five-member panel, led by Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, upheld the previous ruling by the High Court.
Six years ago, a High Court in Accra dismissed a GH¢25 million defamation lawsuit brought by Anas Aremeyaw Anas against Kennedy Agyapong and imposed a cost of GH¢50,000 on the journalist. In a majority decision on Wednesday, February 28, the Supreme Court dismissed the case.
Despite the request from Kennedy Agyapong’s lawyer for costs to be awarded against Anas, the Supreme Court declined to do so.