High Court throws out Afenyo-Markin’s GH¢15m defamation suit against Sammy Gyamfi

The High Court’s General Jurisdiction 1 has dismissed Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin’s GH¢15 million defamation suit against Ghana Gold Board Chief Executive Officer Sammy Gyamfi over an allegedly defamatory statement.

The court found the writ of summons incurably defective and incompetent, ruling that it failed to properly invoke its jurisdiction.

However, it does not constitute a determination of whether the statements complained of were defamatory, as the court’s decision concerned the procedural validity of the action.