{"id":754068,"date":"2019-11-28T13:33:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T13:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/28\/nyonkopa-fights-unicom-for-gh%c2%a21-24m\/"},"modified":"2019-11-28T13:33:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T13:33:26","slug":"nyonkopa-fights-unicom-for-gh%c2%a21-24m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/28\/nyonkopa-fights-unicom-for-gh%c2%a21-24m\/","title":{"rendered":"Nyonkopa Fights Unicom For GH\u00a21.24m"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

A
\nHigh Court in Kumasi has ordered Unicom Commodities Limited to pay GH\u00a21,200,000
\nand additional GH\u00a240,000 as cost to Nyonkopa Cocoa Buying Limited for
\ndefamation.<\/p>\n

Nyonkopa,
\na wholly owned subsidiary of Barry Callebaut, sued Unicom which is part of the ECOM
\nGroup in 2017, \u00a0after it complained that
\nits rival had defamed it and sought GH\u00a22,000,000 as general damages.<\/p>\n

There
\nis currently a legal tussle over how the fine should be paid following a
\ncomplex appeal process involving the two licensed cocoa buyers in the country.<\/p>\n

In
\nFebruary 2017, Nyonkopa Cocoa instituted a suit in a Commercial Court in Kumasi
\nagainst Unicom Commodities and one Abdul Rahman claiming GH\u00a22,000,000 as
\ngeneral damages for deliberately misleading the police to cause the impounding
\nof their truck loaded with bags of cocoa beans graded and uniquely coded,
\nincluding a waybill and a Quality Control Certificate (QCC).<\/p>\n

According
\nto Nyonkopa Cocoa, the arrest and detention of their truck denigrated the
\ncompany and, therefore, claimed for an order of perpetual injunction against
\nUnicom Commodities and its assigns from further making such malicious act of
\nmisleading the police to frustrate their legal activities.<\/p>\n

After
\ntwo years of trial, the court ordered Unicom Commodities to pay GH\u00a21.2 million
\nto Nyonkopa Cocoa Buying Ltd. as general damages and a cost of GH\u00a240,000 for
\ndefamation.<\/p>\n

The
\ntrial court also ordered Nyonkopa to refund GH\u00a271,000 being the cash value of
\n150 bags of cocoa beans to Unicom Commodities following a counter-claim.<\/p>\n

Unicom
\nCommodities then appealed against the judgment and when Nyonkopa Cocoa tried to
\nenforce the judgment, Unicom Commodities filed for a stay of execution at the trial
\ncourt pending the appeal at the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n

Unicom
\nCommodities application for stay of execution was first substantially granted
\nby the High Court, Commercial Division but the court also said it had to pay
\nGH\u00a2500,000 to Nyonkopa Cocoa, pending the determination of the appeal by the
\nCourt of Appeal. <\/p>\n

Dissatisfied
\nwith the said substantial grant, Unicom Commodities repeated the application
\nfor stay of execution at the Court of Appeal which unanimously dismissed it as
\nunmeritorious. <\/p>\n

Although
\nthe said appeal is still pending, Unicom Commodities, according to Nyonkopa
\nCocoa, is under legal and equitable obligation to pay Nyonkopa Cocoa a total of
\nGH\u00a21,240,000 being the entire judgment debt imposed by the High Court unless
\nthe Court of Appeal quashes that decision.<\/p>\n

Basic Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Around
\n30th December 2016, Nyonkopa Cocoa, as part of its obligations to COCOBOD,
\nevacuated 600 bags of graded, bagged and sealed cocoa beans, with a unique
\ncoding and waybill. They were certified by Quality Control Company (QCC) in its
\nown name from its warehouse at Asumura, Goaso, in the then Brong Ahafo Region which
\nwas under the management of its District Manager, Abdul Rahmani Mahama. The
\nsaid secondary evacuation was bound for Kaase Port in Kumasi in the Ashanti
\nRegion. <\/p>\n

The
\nnext day, Unicom Commodities caused the impounding of the said truck en route
\nto Kaase Port by the Ashanti Regional Police Command for alleged stealing of
\n600 bags of cocoa beans by Nyonkopa, with the connivance of the said Abdul
\nRahmani Mahama.<\/p>\n

After
\ninvestigations had concluded, the said Police Command issued a report exonerating
\nNyonkopa Cocoa of any wrong doing and that has triggered the instant court
\naction.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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