A-Plus Runs From Afia Akoto Defamation Suit

Afia Akoto and A-Plus

 

An Accra High Court has granted an order that Kwame Asare Obeng popularly known as Kwame A-Plus who facing a defamation case should be served by substituted service for running away from service of court processes.

Following a defamation case filed by Alberta Maame Afia Akoto against A-Plus the musician cum political activist is nowhere to be found to serve the court processes on him.

Afia Akoto is a campaign team member of the governing New Patriotic Party.

Alberta Maame Afia Akoto last week sued A- Plus for defamation for alleging that she had sent her nude pictures to Maxwell Mensah, the husband of TV personality, Nana Ama McBrown, in an attempt to entice him to sleep with her.

A-Plus was given eight days to enter an appearance, but after the court summons were prepared, the court Bailiff was struggling to get the controversial musician to serve him, as he was nowhere to be found.

Afia Akoto then informed the court, and has been granted an order to engage in substituted service through social media.

A-Plus had alleged that Maama Afia Akoto had sent her nude pictures to Maxwell Mensah, Nana Ama McBrown’s husband, in an attempt to entice him to sleep with her.

Following his publications, Maame Afia Akoto challenged him to substantiate the allegations otherwise they would meet in court.

Following A-Plus’s failure to provide evidence, Afia Akoto was left with no option than to file a writ at the High Court (General Jurisdiction), Accra, seeking damages of GHS 5,000,000.00 (Five Million Ghana Cedis) for defamation, including exemplary and punitive damages.

The plaintiff in her statement of claim filed at the high court registry on Tuesday, 16th July 2024, indicated that A-Plus, the defendant has a lot of following on social media in Ghana and abroad owing to his show business activities.

“A-Plus has about 500,000 followers on Facebook, 10,000 followers on Instagram, and 10,000 followers on X (formerly Twitter),” she said.

Plaintiff states that on or about 12th July 2024, A-Plus in a Facebook post, published the following statement concerning her (Afia Akoto).

“Maame Afia Akoto do you remember the photos of that yellowish 3tw* kutu you sent to Maxwell to beg him to come and eat but he ran away because it was too scary? If you don’t know Maxwell. I’m talking about McBrown’s husband? But for me, McBrown would have finished you.

“I had to beg for you so that saa wo tw* bagayaa… come out to cause fear and panic in the country. I spent days solving this problem only for you to turn around and be fooling. Wo tw* huhuu se space! If I resend the photos to you,… you’ll shout the blood of Jesus! Ungrateful fool!! S3 wo di3 wo se wagyimi!! Love yourself more than your party. Choose your battles wisely if not e go over you!! You no see a foolish man before eh?” the statement of claim filed by Afia Akoto further read.

To this end, Afia Akoto contended that the statement quoted above has defamed her, which in their natural and ordinary meaning and/or by way of innuendo, meant and were understood to mean that Afia Akoto has low morals among others.

She is therefore asking for five reliefs from the court including “a declaration that the statements contained in Defendant’s Facebook posts of 12th July 2024, published of and concerning her, and stated above are defamatory of her.

Second, she is asking for “damages of GHC 5,000,000.00 (Five Million Ghana Cedis) for defamation including exemplary and punitive damages.

Third, “An order of perpetual injunction restraining A-Plus from further publishing or causing to be published the said or similar words defamatory of her.”

Fourth, “An order directed at A-Plus to retract the foul statements about her (Afia Akoto) contained in the Facebook publications of 12th July 2024, together with an apology to Plaintiff, in the medium and with the same prominence and lastly, cost including solicitor’s fees.”

-BY Daniel Bampoe

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