Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, the lawmaker for Assin Central and a flagbearer hopeful of the NPP has filed an appeal against Kweku Baako, the Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide.
In 2018, Kennedy Agyapong was sued for defamation by Kweku Baako for alleging that he was involved in illegal small-scale mining. However, the case which ended in 2020 was ruled in favor of Kweku Baako and he demanded an amount GH¢25 million. However, he was awarded GH¢100,000 by the court.
Three years after the court ruling, Kennedy Agyapong has filed for an appeal against Kweku Baako citing Professor Frimpong-Boateng’s report on illegal mining.
The appeal document which was sighted by 1Family Radio indicated: “among the primary issue in contention on this appeal is a commentary made by the applicant (Kennedy Agyapong) about the respondent’s (Kwaku Baako) involvement in galamsey activities by intervening on behalf of a company called C&G.’’
According to Kennedy Agyapong, he was unable to prove his defense of true because the former Minister of Environment refused to testify in court.
“That the said intervention had to do with the defendant (Kennedy Agyapong) calling on the Minister of Environment who was the chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCMI) to allow C&G Aleska to go back on site and continue its illegal mining activities although its license had been revoked confirming respondent’s (kweku Baako) influence peddling which amounts to his involvement in galamsey.
“The said intervention resulted in the Applicant’s commentary that respondent was also involved in galamsey,’’ the statement wrote.
‘’That during the trial the applicant’s effort to get the chairman of the IMCMI to testify and corroborate same proved futile therefore resulted in the applicant unable to prove his defense of true, fair comment and thus justified.’’
“On the 18th day of April 2023, the applicant (Kennedy Agyapong) chanced upon a confidential document from the office of the President of Ghana with an attached report prepared by Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Baoteng which intrinsically addressed the applicant’s (Kennedy Agyapong) concerns and the role played the respondent (Kwaku Baako) on behalf C&G Aleska which was involved in galamsey activities,’’ the document stated.
Source: 1Familyradio
