{"id":1225807,"date":"2022-10-16T13:18:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T13:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/16\/defamation-suit-napo-asked-sammy-gyamfi-to-donate-40k-to-osu-childrens-home-but-lawyer\/"},"modified":"2022-10-16T13:18:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T13:18:56","slug":"defamation-suit-napo-asked-sammy-gyamfi-to-donate-40k-to-osu-childrens-home-but-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/16\/defamation-suit-napo-asked-sammy-gyamfi-to-donate-40k-to-osu-childrens-home-but-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Defamation suit: Napo asked Sammy Gyamfi to donate 40K to Osu Children&#8217;s Home but\u2026 &#8211; Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"637\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-03-at-03.17.32-696x637.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Sammy Gyamfi-Napo\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Nana Agyei Baffuor Awuah, a lawyer for Manhyia South Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh (Napo), says Sammy Gyamfi should blame himself for the damages incurred in the defamation suit.<\/p>\n<p>The case involved a 2019 press conference addressed by Mr Gyamfi, in which he alleged that persons complicit in the infamous kidnapping of the Canadian school girls were linked to the Energy Minister.<\/p>\n<p>According to Nana Baffour, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Communications Officer requested an out-of-court settlement.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>In this regard, Napo, the lawyer said, directed Mr Gyamfi to donate GHS40K to the Osu Children\u2019s Home in his name and was supposed to offer a public apology on Asempa FM.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mr Gyamfi, the lawyer explained, told the lawmaker he\u2019ll offer an apology but not donate the money.<\/p>\n<p>Going to court he said was, therefore, purposefully to clear his name after Mr Gyamfi declined his conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Asempa FM\u2019s<strong> Ekosii Sen<\/strong>, the situation he said left them with no option than to proceed to court.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-15-at-13.08.11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2172240\" width=\"597\" height=\"315\"\/><figcaption>Napo\u2019s lawyer on Asempa FM\u2019s Ekosii Sen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The lawyer stated the lawmaker has instructed him to enforce the court\u2019s judgement and will ensure Mr Gyamfi pays all of the damages awarded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s also supposed to use the same medium through which he made the allegations to apologise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeaning, he\u2019ll hold a press conference to be broadcasted by all the media houses that picked the first brief,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>When asked who will bear the costs, the lawyer retorted, that\u2019s for Mr Gyamfi to figure out.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"SgdQT1t1NKU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This Week in Parliament - Adom TV News (15-10-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SgdQT1t1NKU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nana Agyei Baffuor Awuah, a lawyer for Manhyia South Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh (Napo), says Sammy Gyamfi should blame himself for the damages incurred in the defamation suit. 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