Court throws out Spio-Garbrah’s $10m defamation suit against Chairman Wontumi
The Kumasi High Court has dismissed a $10 million defamation suit brought before it by a former Trade and Industry Minister, Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah against the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.
Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu Greater 
The Kumasi High Court has dismissed a $10 million defamation suit brought before it by a former Trade and Industry Minister, Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah against the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.
The court has also awarded a cost of GH¢150,000 against Dr. Spio-Garbrah.
Dr. Spio-Gabrah filed the suit after Chairman Wontumi made a comment on his Wontumi TV and radio station in Kumasi, where he allegedly described the plaintiff as a “thief” ahead of the 2020 general elections.
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Dr. Ekwow Spio-Gabrah also sued the media platform, Wontumi Multimedia Company Limited.
The plaintiff, Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, and the defendant, Chairman Wontumi, took turns and mounted the witness box where they were cross-examined.
Dr. Spio-Garbrah noted that the statement Chairman Wontumi made about him was defamatory and was uttered without caution in a malicious manner with the intent to cause damage and injury to his hard-earned global reputation.
The plaintiff quantified the value of his global reputation as being in excess of $10 million, hence requesting that amount as compensation.
During Chairman Wontumi’s cross-examination, he said he only interpreted a statement by former NDC Member of Parliament, Inusah Fuseini.
Delivering the judgement today, Thursday, 28th July 2022, the court ruled that Chairman Wontumi’s words on Dr. Spio-Garbrah were not malicious.
It also stated that it has dismissed the case because the reliefs being sought by Plaintiff were not substantiated.
