Defamation suit: High Court orders Daily Guide to pay Asiedu Nketia GH¢250,000
The Daily Guide has been ordered by an Accra High Court to pay GH₵250,000 in damages to Mr Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), after he won a defamation suit against the newspaper.
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The newspaper had reported about three years ago that Mr Nketia used his position as a member of the Board of Directors of the Bui Power Authority to divert building materials for his personal building project - an accusation the NDC General Secretary denied.
Mr Nketia proceeded to sue the Daily Guide.
The High Court today ruled in his favour and awarded him damages to the tune of GH₵250,000.
Mr Nketia told Accra-based Asempa FM after the ruling that he had been vindicated.
He said despite drawing Daily Guide's attention to the fact that he did not own the house they alleged that he had built, the paper refused to retract the story.
He said even when the case was in court, he urged the Daily Guide to simply retract the story to enable him withdraw the case, but the paper refused to do so.
When asked if the payment of GH₵250,000 would not cause the collapse of Daily Guide, Mr Nketia said it was GH₵ 1million he wanted from the court.
He said he plans to build a house with money and name it "Kwasia bi nti".
