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Order for substituted service has been served on Enock Nana Yaw Oduro Agyei, known popularly in the music scene as Trigmatic, for defamation.<\/p>\n
A few weeks ago, it was reported that Trigmatic had been sued by Amakye Dede for claiming that he [Amakye Dede] was not the author of his own songs.<\/p>\n
In a new development, an order for substituted service has been approved by the court and has been published in the Wednesday, December 4, 2019 edition of the Daily Graphic.<\/p>\n
The order from the High Court of Justice, Financial and Economic Crime Division 2, states that \u201cupon reading the affidavit of Asamoah Amoako of House Number TA\/C, 29 Taifa, the Lawyers of Dassah & Associates for the Plaintiff\/Applicant herein filed on 25th November 2019 in support of Motion Ex-Parte for an Order for Substituted Service on the Defendant.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is hereby ordered that the Defendant be served with the Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim and together with this Order by Substituted Service in the following manner:<\/p>\n
a. By posting copies of the Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim and together with this Order on the Noticeboard of the Law Court Complex (General Jurisdiction) Accra.<\/p>\n
b. By posting copies of the said processes at the residence of the Defendant at Dansoman close to B.O. Opoku and<\/p>\n
c. By single publication in the \u2018Daily Graphic\u2019 newspaper.\u201d<\/p>\n
It further ordered that the processes for the order shall remain posted for a period of fourteen (14) days.<\/p>\n
The Statement of Claim<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIn their natural and ordinary meaning, the words published by the defendant (Trigmatic) referred to and were understood to refer to the plaintiff (Amakye Dede) and they meant and they were understood to mean (a) that the plaintiff is incapable of writing his own songs. (b) That plaintiff\u2019s songs are written by someone else for him to sing or produce. (c) That plaintiff\u2019s stature and legendary status must be taken with a pinch of salt. (d) That the height, popularity and the fame the plaintiff has achieved in the music circles over the years are not genuine and that the esteem and reverence people hold and have for him as well as the nation on the plaintiff as an ace and top-class musician should be reconsidered,\u201d a statement of claim issued by Amakye Dede said.<\/p>\n The statement also said Trigmatic\u2019s comment was borne out of ill-will, ill-motive, pull-him-down play and a grand scheme to rubbish his achievements.<\/p>\n It noted that nothing else could have motivated the defendant to publish those words about the plaintiff and that the defendant intended to defame the plaintiff.<\/p>\n It said by the defendant\u2019s publication, his reputation has now become charged and he has been ridiculed, adding that the defendant\u2019s words used in his publication have lowered the image of the plaintiff, reverence and esteem before the right-thinking members of the society both locally and internationally.<\/p>\n The statement, however, declared that per the defendant\u2019s defamatory publication on the plaintiff, he is likely to have diminished show contracts and low attendance to his shows.<\/p>\n