{"id":14440,"date":"2011-12-15T19:13:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T19:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/kennedy-agyepong-sued-for-gh%c2%a21m-damages\/"},"modified":"2011-12-15T19:13:59","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T19:13:59","slug":"kennedy-agyepong-sued-for-gh%c2%a21m-damages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/kennedy-agyepong-sued-for-gh%c2%a21m-damages\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Agyepong Sued For Gh\u00a21m Damages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/500476023325_106416.jpg\" border=\"1\" class=\"c13\" \/><span>A bankroller of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alfred Woyome, has sued opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand Kennedy Agyepong for defamation and is demanding GhC1 million ($610,314) as damages.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Woyome is in court to muzzle the NPP MP for Assin North from using uncharitable words against him.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Agyepong is being dragged to the Accra High Court to cough out GhC1 million as damages for describing the NDC financier as \u201ca thief, a corrupt conman, a criminal and a crook not worth trusting by President Mills. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Woyome averred in his writ of summons that Mr. Agyepong rained the insults on him when he spoke to various radio and television stations in Ghana about a GhC42 million judgment debt awarded him for the termination of his appointment to renovate some stadia in the country ahead of Ghana\u2019s hosting of the 2008 African Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>He is also praying the court for a perpetual injunction order to be placed on the NPP legislator restraining him from ever using such words against him.<\/p>\n<p>The legal counsel for Woyome, Robertson Kpatsa told Citi News the suit is meant to cleanse his client\u2019s image.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> A bankroller of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alfred Woyome, has sued opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand Kennedy Agyepong for defamation and is demanding GhC1 million ($610,314) as damages. 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