<\/aside>\nA national Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has indicated he\u2019s prepared to drop a court suit against his fellow party member and Eastern Regional Chairman, Bismark Tawiah Boateng.<\/p>\n
He sued Mr Tawiah Boateng and six others over accusations that he (Ampofo) leaked the \u201cfamous\u201d Dr Kwesi Botchway report.<\/p>\n
The libel suit named the Eastern Regional Chairman of the NDC, Mr Bismark Tawiah Boateng; the Daily Guide newspaper and its publisher, Western Publications; Mr Fortune Alimi, the Editor of the newspaper; Mr William Yaw Owusu, a reporter of the newspaper, an Accra\u2013based radio station, Okay FM, and a presenter at the station, Kwame Nkrumah (aka Tikesie) as defendants.<\/p>\n
Mr Ofosu-Ampofo has prayed an Accra High Court to order the defendants to pay him damages of GH\u00a210 million.<\/p>\n
The former Local Government Minister, appearing on Starr Chat on Starr FM Wednesday, had earlier maintained a hard-line during an interview with Host Bola Ray insisting that he\u2019s gone to court to clear his name as he knows nothing about an alleged leakage of the classified document.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI\u2019m in court I thought it was a serious allegation, I do not even have access to the report. Only a copy of the report was presented to the General Secretary, and it generated a lot of controversy when some media houses, Joy FM, Daily Guide and others were serializing it, it created a lot of hullabaloo. So to have come out at that time to say I\u2019d leaked the report I thought he had crossed the red line. In fact the first time I went to court was 7-=the election petition hearing, even though I come from the Akyem area I\u2019m not a litigant. I decided that I had to set the records straight.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cWhen serious allegations like this are made against you and this is at the core of your integrity, and then it\u2019s spread on the internet, whatsapp and all over the world, the only thing you can do to extricate yourself and to clear your name is to go through the due process.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nWhen Bola Ray chipped in and said \u201cI know you\u2019re a Bible believing Christian, many will say vengeance is the Lord\u2019s, wouldn\u2019t you consider that and let this matter go\u201d<\/em>? Hon. Ofosu Ampofo responded \u201cI\u2019ve given several, several, several to the Lord, this one, no\u2026In future if you\u2019re not careful and these things are documented, it cam even affect your children so I just wanted to clear this once and for all for the truth to come out and then I\u2019ll be free. It took me a lot of consultation to arrive at that decision.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nHowever, Mr Ofosu Ampofo\u2019s heart was touched and soften his stance when a caller during the phone in segment, begged him as a Christian to drop the case reminding Mr Ofosu Ampofo that the Bible has asked Christians to forgive others who have sinned against them until\u00a0seventy times seven<\/strong>.<\/p>\nHe then responded saying \u201cThey always say the voice of the people of the voice of God, I\u2019ve listened to him we\u2019ll see how we\u2019ll proceed. There has been some efforts from somewhere, we\u2019re looking at this possibility. So I\u2019ll consult my lawyers and see how we\u2019ll go about it. I\u2019m not a litigant, I don\u2019t want to be one even though I come from an area noted for litigation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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