{"id":245935,"date":"2024-11-05T11:42:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T11:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/gbevlo-lartey-sues-ndc-owula-mangortey-for-defamation\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T11:42:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T11:42:32","slug":"gbevlo-lartey-sues-ndc-owula-mangortey-for-defamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/gbevlo-lartey-sues-ndc-owula-mangortey-for-defamation\/","title":{"rendered":"Gbevlo-Lartey Sues NDC Owula Mangortey For Defamation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Larry Gbevlo-Lartey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former National Security Coordinator, Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, has sued Owula Mangortey, branch secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Shai Osudoku Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents, Gbevlo-Lartey is seeking damages of GHC 10 million and a perpetual injunction restraining Mangortey from publishing further defamatory statements.<\/p>\n<p>Gbevlo-Lartey, served as National Security Coordinator under President John Evans Atta Mills and President John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit stems from two articles published by Mangortey on August 6 and August 16, 2024, which Gbevlo-Lartey claims are false, malicious, and defamatory.<\/p>\n<p>The articles, published on various online outlets and social media platforms, allegedly portrayed Gbevlo-Lartey as corrupt, incompetent, and a traitor.<\/p>\n<p>Gbevlo-Lartey\u2019s statement of claim lists several defamatory statements made by Mangortey, including allegations that he was sacked as National Security Coordinator due to gross incompetence and corruption and that he received $8 million from a telecommunications company on behalf of soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>Mangortey\u2019s actions, according to Gbevlo-Lartey, were motivated by malice and a desire to destroy his reputation and relationship with former President John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit highlights the growing concern about defamation and misinformation in politics, particularly in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>Gbevlo-Lartey\u2019s lawyer, Ace Anan Ankomah of Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa &amp; Ankomah, filed a writ of summons, which Mangortey has eight days to respond to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Daniel Bampoe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Gbevlo-Lartey \u00a0 The former National Security Coordinator, Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, has sued Owula Mangortey, branch secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Shai Osudoku Constituency. According to court documents, Gbevlo-Lartey is seeking damages of GHC 10 million and a perpetual injunction restraining Mangortey from publishing further defamatory statements. Gbevlo-Lartey, served as National Security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":245936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gbevlo-Lartey Sues NDC Owula Mangortey For Defamation - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/gbevlo-lartey-sues-ndc-owula-mangortey-for-defamation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gbevlo-Lartey Sues NDC Owula Mangortey For Defamation - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Larry Gbevlo-Lartey \u00a0 The former National Security Coordinator, Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, has sued Owula Mangortey, branch secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Shai Osudoku Constituency. 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