Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor (L) and Rev John Ntim Fordjour (R)
The Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, has filed a defamation lawsuit against his colleague, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, MP for Assin South, over a social media post he claims has severely damaged his reputation.
The legal action follows a post made by Rev. Ntim Fordjour on May 8, 2025, via the platform X (formerly Twitter), in which he alleged that Mr. Dafeamekpor—who also serves as the Majority Chief Whip in Parliament—acted as Vice Chairman of the Committee on Subsidiary Legislation during a period when embattled former National Signals Bureau boss, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, allegedly paid GH¢360,000 to the committee to help facilitate the passage of a Legislative Instrument (L.I.).
Kwabena Adu-Boahene, in his defence against claims that he fraudulently misappropriated GH¢49.1 million, explained that allowances of GH¢960,000 and GH¢309,000 were paid to MPs on the Defence and Interior Committee and the Subsidiary Legislation Committee, respectively, during the passage of the NSB Act and its accompanying Legislative Instrument.
In response to accusations that he embezzled GH¢49.1 million, Kwabena Adu-Boahene clarified that during the enactment of the NSB Act and its corresponding Legislative Instrument, MPs on the Defense and Interior Committee and the Subsidiary Legislation Committee received allowances of GH¢960,000 and GH¢309,000, respectively.
Rev. Fordjour demanded in the same post that Mr. Dafeamekpor and others be the subject of a thorough investigation, saying that the NDC and all others involved in the alleged embezzlement would be held responsible once the investigation got underway.
Mr. Dafeamekpor responded by filing a statement of claim in which he unequivocally denied the accusations and called the post “malicious, defamatory, and false.”
“The Plaintiff has further suffered economic harm, loss of business, disruption to his professional activities, and extreme emotional distress as a result of the widespread dissemination and continuous accessibility of the defamatory statements,” the suit reads.
“The Plaintiff says that the defamatory statements made by the Defendant and published on ‘X’ formerly ‘Twitter’ are untrue and same was made with calculated malice, aforethought in order to paint the plaintiff as a person who is corrupt and accepts bribes to pass Legislations of Parliament.”
In addition to requesting a public apology and retraction from Rev. Fordjour, Mr. Dafeamekpor is also requesting an interlocutory injunction to prevent the MP and his allies from making or disclosing any more statements until the lawsuit is resolved.
“An order of perpetual injunction restraining the Defendant from making or in any other way, causing to be published any further defamatory statements about the Plaintiff. An order directed at the Defendant to retract the said defamatory statement made about the Plaintiff and posted online,” the suit demands.
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