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Kumasi High court restrains Chronicle
Kumasi, Oct. 29, Ghanadot/GNA - A Kumasi High court has
granted an interim injunction restraining General Portfolio
Limited, publishers of the Chronicle and its agents, from
publishing in their newspaper any matter concerning Odeneho
Kwaku Appiah, Kwabre West constituency chairman of the New
Patriotic Party (NPP).
The court, presided over by Mr Kwame Ansu-Gyeabour, further
ordered that the interim injunction together with the writ
of summons and statement of claim be served on the
defendants before November 6.
In a statement of claim, Odeneho Kwaku Appiah denied that he
was flirting with the Reformed Patriotic Democrats (RPD) as
was published by the Chronicle in its October 18, 2007
edition.
According to the statement, after issuing a rejoinder
through his solicitors to the paper and its subsequent
publication, the Ashanti Regional Correspondent of the
paper, Mr Sebastian Freiku, on Wednesday October 24, 2007
edition of the paper, further published incriminating
reports that sought to portray the complainant as a liar and
deeply involved in the activities of the RPD.
The statement said the publications were a deliberate
attempt by the paper and its correspondents to bring the
loyalty of Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, who is a bonafide member of
the NPP, into disrepute.
It said the publication further sought to portray the
complainant as a liar in the eyes of right thinking people,
especially members of the NPP family.
GNA
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