The NDC stalwart is praying the court to award him damages to the tune of GHS 95 million against Kennedy Agyapong.
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Joseph Yamin sues Ken Agyapong for defamation; demands GHS95m and apology 3 times a day for a year
Joseph Yamin, a former Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports under the erstwhile NDC administration has sued the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong for defamation.
Yamin sues Ken Agyapong
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He is also asking to court to order the maverick MP to retract the statements on the same channel three times a day for a year.
According to the writ, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP had gone on Net 2 TV, a subsidiary of Ken City Media Limited, which has also been joined in the suit as the 2nd defendant, accusing Mr Yammin of hatching a plot together with some NDC officers to kill diplomats and expatriates in order to make the Akufo-Addo-led government unpopular as elections approach.
Joseph Yamin
Pulse Ghana
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Describing himself as a promising politician who has the potential of becoming president of Ghana, the former Deputy Ashanti Region Minister said the pronouncements by Mr Agyapong portrays him as “wicked, criminal murderer etc, which said words in their true and natural sense has exposed the plaintiff to public ridicule hatred and contempt in the eyes of the right thinking citizens of Ghana and numerous expatriates and diplomats in Ghana”.
Among other claims, Mr Yammin wants the court to restrain Mr Agyapong and his media company from “publishing further falsehood against the plaintiff”.
He described Mr Agyapong’s comments as “vexatious” and a “total fabrication”.
Mr Yammin revealed in the writ that after the interview on Net 2 TV, an expatriate met him and threatened to kill him and his entire family “if any expatriate dies of murder in Kumasi or anywhere”.
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