Per a ruling by an Accra High Court on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, granting an application for substituted service in the GHS 5 million defamation suit brought against Captain Smart and his employers, Media General, by Samuel Koku Anyidoho, an official court order has been issued.
The order, dated May 8, 2025, was signed by a Deputy Registrar of the General Jurisdiction Division of the High Court in Accra.
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Koku Anyidoho filed the suit in January 2025 against Captain Smart and Media General following what he described as deliberate and defamatory statements made by Captain Smart regarding his tenure as Head of Communications and Presidential Spokesperson during the administration of the late President John Evans Atta-Mills.