Class Media Group, 3 others ordered to pay GH¢10m to Edward Akufo-Addo

The High Court has ordered the Class Media Group and three others to pay GH¢10 million as damages to Edward Akufo-Addo in a defamation suit.

Edward Akufo-Addo, who is the Managing Director of Amaadi Cold Stores Limited and a brother of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, sued the Class Media group, Kwabena Bobbie Ansah, Mensah Thompson, and Listowell Nana Kusi-Poku for falsely accusing him of using Ghana’s Presidential jet for his personal trips.

The defamation took place on the ‘The Citizen Show’ on May 29, 2021.

They claimed Edward Akufo-Addo used the presidential jet for a private trip to Abuja, Nigeria.

In the judgment, the judge, Justice Ekow Baiden, further directed that the defendants retract and render an unqualified apology to Edward Akufo-Addo.

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