Elsie Appau-Klu, a technical advisor at the Ghana Revenue Authority, has sued a media house, Surveillance Ghana; its editor, and publishers over a publication that accused her of “ruthless land grabbing.”
In the writ sighted by GhanaWeb, Appau-Klu, through her lawyer, said that the said publication accused her of being a “face of corruption in her places,” “bulldozing justice,” and “abusing public office.”
She stated that the allegations made by the media house are 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.”
She has asked the High Court at Adenta to declare that the publication was defamatory and reckless in nature.
She is also asking the court for general damages of GH¢20 million and aggravated damages of GH¢10 million.
Below are the reliefs she 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.
Read the full court document below:
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