The Minister for Presidential Affairs, Jake Obetsebi Lamptey is demanding 100 million cedis in damages from the Daily Graphic for the publication of a story that said Mr. Obetsebi Lamptey’s company has been awarded a 1.9 billion cedi contract to renovate the Osu Castle.
The story added that the company is not registered. A letter from the Minister’s lawyers, M.A.F. Ribeiro and Associates, gave the newspaper up to Wednesday May 3,to pay the stated amount.
Failure to do so and also retract the story with an unqualified apology will result in other measures to seek redress. The letter described the allegation, attributed to the Minority Leader in Parliament Alban Bagbin as scurrilous and defamatory adding that it exposes the paper to a charge of malice.
Mr. Obetsebi Lamptey who has denied ownership of the company executing the Castle project, earlier threatened to sue the paper for civil libel.
Source: GhanaWeb
