Koforidua High Court has fined the head of the Akwapim Oyoko family Abusuapanyin Adu Debrah an amount of GHS6,000 in a defamation suit instituted by Nana Asiedu Ofei, a Presiding member for Akwapim North.
Nana Asiedu Offei brought a defamation suit against Abusuapanyin Adu Debrah for alleging in a publication that he (Nana Asiedu Offei) has sold Akwapim Oyoko family land.
Per the plaintiff’s statement of claim, the defendant (Abusuapanyin Adu Debrah) falsely accused him of conspiring with Madam Gladys Kwakoa Sampah a family member for selling Akwapim Oyoko family lands without the consent of the family head.
Nana Asiedu Ofei was seeking damages of GH¢500,000 and an order by the courts directed at the defendants to declare that the statement made by him in his press conference, media interviews, and publications on https://mybrytfmonline.com and Bryt FM respectively are defamatory.
According to the family, Nana Aseidu Offei who is not a family member was the principal signatory without the knowledge of the family head and other family members.
They alleged that a family member in the person of Madam Gladys Kwakoa Sampah has colluded with Nana Asiedu Offei in selling the family land without the consent of the head of the family, Abusuapan Adu Debra.
Background
The Kingmakers of Akwapim Akropong Oyoko Division in the Akwapim North municipality accused the former Presiding Member, Nana Aseidu Ofei, of selling their family land.
According to an indenture on the said land intercepted by Bryt Fm, Nana Aseidu Ofei who isn’t a family member is seen as a principal member with his signature on it allegedly signing to represent the Akropong Oyoko family without the knowledge of the family head and other family members.
It is also believed that a family member in the person of Madam Gladys Kwakoa Sampah is in bed with Nana Asiedu Ofei in selling the family land without the consent of the head of the family, Abusuapan Adu Debrah.
Abusuapanyin Adu Debrah at a press conference in Akropong over the weekend expressed his displeasure about one Madam Gladys Kwakoa Sampah and Nana Asiedu Ofei for going behind him as well as other members of the family to selling the said family lands to the people occupying the following places, the Akwapim North Municipal Chief Executive residence, Police residence, Former Custom Director Residence, Akwapim North Municipal P.M.B, Akwapim Presbytery Chairman Residence, Parks and Garden and a host of others.
“The Akwapim Oyoko Family land is at Nkwantang, Akropong Akwapim” Abusuapanyin Adu Debrah averred.
Abusuapanyin Adu Debrah averred that the land a portion of which is intended to be hereby granted and conveyed to Mrs. Tina Ohenewa Dewar is the ancestral land of the Ayoko clan of Akropong-Akwapim and the head of the family is the principal owner of the said land and has the mandate to sell the said the land.
Abusuapanyin Adu Debrah in an interview after the press conference has is, therefore, calling all illegal occupants on the above-mentioned lands to contact him before the family advises themselves otherwise.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com
