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| Captain Smart (Right) & Paul Adom-Otchere (Left). |
Paul Adom-Otchere, host of Good Evening Ghana, has filed a
lawsuit against Blessed Godsbrain Smart, aka Captain Smart, and Media General
Ghana Limited.
According to an article posted on Citinewsroom.com, Captain
Smart made slanderous remarks against Paul and suggested the journalist
had taken bribes.
Adom-Otchere is seeking GH10 million in damages in a writ,
among other things and also
“compensatory damages for the damage done to his reputation and aggravated
damages for the reckless and malicious publication of the defamatory words.”
He is also seeking an order from the court directing the
defendants to retract and apologise for the comments “on all media platforms
operated by the 2nd defendant” as well as an “injunction restraining the
defendants from further publishing and causing to be published the said similar
words defamatory of the plaintiff.”
Background
Captain Smart chastised Paul Adom-Otchere in an edition of
'Onua Maakye' for an editorial the latter wrote in response to comments
Kwasi Kyei Darkwah (KKD) made that aimed to incriminate finance minister Ken
Ofori-Atta.
On GTV's Breakfast Show, KKD, a well-known media and tourist
expert, said that the finance minister and the government were enriching
themselves at the cost of the Ghanaian people.
In his rage, KKD said that it was unethical for some officials
and their enterprises to continue profiting off Ghana's debts under the guise
of financial advice.
However, Adom-Otchere defended the minister on the grounds that the consultants were chosen fairly and the corporation was thus entitled to it on the basis of merit.
Adom-Otchere remembered, among other things, how Ofori-Atta's
business was chosen in that respect even though his party was the
opposition.
On his morning programme on Monday, Captain Smart slammed that
storyline with a 'tirade of invectives'.
Backing KKD, Captain Smart said it makes no sense to him that
the finance minister’s company gets 9.6% from each loan the country takes.
“Honestly speaking, Paul Adom-Otchere is my senior but he’s
unwise,” Captain Smart said as he spewed some unprintable words.
“Let me be sincere with you; you don’t think. You see that
Kwame Sefa Kayi [Peace FM morning show host] is now silent? He’s observing the
system because he doesn’t want to commit any blunder for Ghanaians to descend
on him. You’re being a fool so stop, Paul.”
The nomination of Paul Adom-Otchere as Board Chairman of Ghana
Airports Company Limited, according to Captain Smart, was political in nature
and was done to turn the broadcaster into the government's poodle.
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