Court grants substituted service order in Koku Anyidoho vs. Captain Smart, Media General suit

Per a ruling by an Accra High Court connected Tuesday, April 29, 2025, granting an exertion for substituted work successful the GHS 5 cardinal defamation suit brought against Captain Smart and his employers, Media General, by Samuel Koku Anyidoho, an authoritative tribunal bid has been issued.

The order, dated May 8, 2025, was signed by a Deputy Registrar of the General Jurisdiction Division of the High Court successful Accra.

Mr. Koku Anyidoho filed the suit successful January 2025 against Captain Smart and Media General pursuing what helium described arsenic deliberate and defamatory statements made by Captain Smart regarding his tenure arsenic Head of Communications and Presidential Spokesperson during the medication of the precocious President John Evans Atta-Mills.

According to Anyidoho, Captain Smart’s statements fed into longstanding, baseless allegations concerning his expected strained narration with then-Vice President John Dramani Mahama. Captain Smart falsely claimed to person factual cognition that Anyidoho utilized to “insult Vice President John Mahama face-to-face astatine the Flagstaff House.”

Captain Smart besides alleged that Anyidoho, supposedly arsenic “Director of Operations astatine the Flagstaff House,” utilized to disrespect Vice President Mahama and adjacent “foolishly locked up” his bureau to forestall him from entering to work.

He further accused Anyidoho of acting with impunity, asserting that helium had nary respect for the Vice President and criticized President Atta-Mills for permitting specified behavior. Captain Smart went connected to allege that Anyidoho’s behaviour was truthful egregious that it led John Mahama to constitute a resignation letter, and it allegedly took the involution of erstwhile President John Agyekum Kufuor and the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to transportation him to stay successful office.

However, for the record, Samuel Koku Anyidoho ne'er worked astatine the Flagstaff House and was ne'er Director of Operations there.

Because tribunal bailiffs were incapable to service the defendants contempt aggregate attempts, Anyidoho's ineligible squad filed a question for substituted service, which was granted connected April 29, 2025.

Per the court's order, the substituted work announcement is to beryllium posted:

On the Notice Board of the High Court;

On the premises of Media General;

By physics announcement via GhanaWeb (as GhanaWeb reportedly published Captain Smart’s defamatory remarks), and different online platforms.

Following the work of the substituted service, Captain Smart and Media General person 10 days to respond done their ineligible counsel, failing which the tribunal whitethorn proceed with summary judgement oregon contented different law orders.

The bid was granted by Her Ladyship Ellen Lordina Serwaa Mireku, Justice of the High Court, General Jurisdiction 8.

Kwame Osei, Esq., held little for Lawyer Yaw Awuku-Asabre, Esq., of Awuku-Asabre Law Consult.

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