The technical advisor to the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Elsie Appau-Klu Esq., has dragged Managing Ghama Foundation publishers of Managing Ghana and Surveillance Ghana, and its editor Ebenezer Denzel Amanor, to court over an alleged malicious and defamatory publication.
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Mrs. Appau-Klu stated that the allegations made by the media house are highly defamatory and have caused her “reputational damage,” “public ridicule and disgrace,” “professional embarrassment,” “emotional trauma,” and “irreparable harm to her public image and career prospects.”
The Lawyer and HR Practitioner is asking the High Court at Adenta to make a declaration that the publication was defamatory and reckless in nature.
She is thus asking the court to grant her general damages of GH¢20 million and aggravated damages of GH¢10 million.
Below are the reliefs Lawyer Elsie is seeking from the court:
a. A declaration that the Article/Publication by the Defendants published on their website www.surveillanceghana.com, and/or all their social media handles on the 22nd day of July 2025, titled “Elsie Appau-Klu’s Ruthless Land Grabbing Exposed,” is defamatory and reckless in nature.
b. General damages for defamation in the sum of GH¢20,000,000.00.
c. An order awarding aggravated damages for the deliberate, reckless, and malicious nature of the publication in the sum of GH¢10,000,000.00.
d. An order awarding exemplary damages to punish the Defendants for abuse of media power and malicious intent, and to deter future misconduct, in the sum of GH¢2,000,000.00.
e. An order for the Defendants to publish a full, unqualified retraction and apology on their website and all associated media platforms, with prominence equal to the original article.
f. An order for the permanent removal of the defamatory article from all platforms under the Defendants’ control.
g. An injunction restraining the Defendants, their agents, servants, or assigns from publishing further defamatory content about the Plaintiff.
h. Costs, including legal fees.
