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Al-Hajj, 3 other newspapers restrained from publishing on Springfield Energy

Springfield Energy expressed dissatisfaction with what it described as false reports put out by some media houses about its activities in Nigeria.

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The court order was secured by lawyers for the business man after a previous suit which compelled the Al-Hajj news paper and two others including the New Statesman newspaper to publicly apologize to Mr. Okyere for what the court deemed libelous publications against him.

The company cites The New Statesman, The Al-Hajj, Herald and The Republic newspapers as having published falsehoods that has not only tarnished its image but also impugned the integrity of its Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Okyere.

A statement signed by the company's Head of Human Resource and Public Affairs, George Ayebah in October 2015, said 'we view with great concern rumours emanating from the segment of the social, print and electronic media that our company is one of those involved in unwholesome activities in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria.'

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Touching on the company's track-record, which they said is unblemished, it said, 'For nearly a decade, we have worked with reputable companies such as Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) within the Gulf of Guinea and internationally, BP, Total, Chevron, Glencore etc. In all these dealings, we have abided by all industry regulations and successfully met all our financial obligations to these partners.'

The CEO of the company, Kevin Okyere, the statement explained 'continues to enjoy his reputation as one of the youngest CEOs in the industry around the world. We state categorically that these published rumours are false, baseless and calculated to do untold harm to our business interests and undermine our hard-won reputation.

Mr Okyere and Springfield Energy, in their suit described the publication as defamatory of them, demanded costs, as well as an injunction restraining the defendants, "their agents or servants from further publishing or causing to be published any such defamatory or similar defamatory words of the plaintiffs".

The court will now determine the damages being sort by Mr Okyere on April 14, 2016.

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