(Free Expression Ghana/IFEX) – Member of Parliament Franklin Aheto has sued Kweku Baako Jr., editor-in-chief of the newspaper “The Guide”, and Ian Mortey, a reporter for the paper, for publishing libelous statements against him in the 16-22 October 1997 edition of the “The Guide”. Aheto asked the Accra High Court to restrain Baako Jr., Mortey, […]
(Free Expression Ghana/IFEX) – Member of Parliament Franklin
Aheto has sued Kweku Baako Jr., editor-in-chief of the newspaper
“The Guide”, and Ian Mortey, a reporter for the paper, for
publishing libelous statements against him in the 16-22 October
1997 edition of the “The Guide”. Aheto asked the Accra High Court
to restrain Baako Jr., Mortey, their agents and Western
Publication Ltd., which owns “The Guide”, from further publishing
or causing to be published the allegedly libelous statements.
In his statement of claim, Aheto said the paper had published a
story, headlined “NDC MP `chops’ 100 million cedis”, which
referred to money destined for a library project in his riding of
Ashiaman.
A date for court proceedings has not yet been set.
