Albert Kan-Dapaah (R) sued Oliver Barker-Vormawor (L) for allegedly defaming him
The hope of former National Security Minister, Albert Kan-Dapaah, to witness the conclusion of his GH¢10 million defamation action against Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor has not materialised, as the judgment has been pushed forward.
Late last year, the High Court, presided over by Justice Rev. Emmanuel Adu-Owusu Agyeman, fixed today, January 6, 2026, to deliver its judgment.
The former National Security Minister is seeking GH¢10 million in damages from Barker-Vormawor for an alleged 1 million dollar bribery allegation made against him.
The action by Kan-Dapaah comes on the back of allegations said to have been made by the Fix-The-Country convener that the then National Security Minister and some government officials had met him and offered him money to stop his activism against the government.
In court, when Kan-Dapaah and his lawyer appeared for the judgment, the court said that although the decision is ready, it cannot be delivered because the date falls within the New Year vacation of the Judiciary, pointing to Order 79 rule four (c) of CI 47.
Counsel for the plaintiff, Lawyer Otchere Adjekum, informed the court that the case, at the last adjournment (last year), was fixed for judgment.
But the court, while acknowledging that this was the business of the day, said, “all of us were wrong at the (last) time.”
The judge went on to say that “my attention has been drawn that the (New Year) vacation ends today” (Tuesday, January 6, 2026) and referenced “Order 79 rule (4) sub-rule (c) of CI 47” to buttress his point.
To this end, therefore, the court said, “we cannot work today.”
“The judgment of the court is ready, which is supposed to be read today (January 6), but my attention has been drawn to Order 79 rule (4) (c) of CI 47, which means that as of today (January 6), we (the Judiciary) are still on vacation.”
The case has since been adjourned to March 2, 2026, for judgment.
Background
The National Security Minister (now former) had accused the former FixTheCountry Movement convener of defamation and initiated legal action against him.
Albert Kan-Dapaah’s defamation suit was initiated over comments said to have been made by Barker-Vormawor, which the minister alleged defamed him.
The action by Kan-Dapaah comes on the back of allegations made by the Fix-The-Country convener that the National Security Minister and some government officials had met him and offered him money to stop his activism against the government.
The allegation was refuted by the then National Security Minister, who subsequently filed a defamation suit in court against Barker-Vormawor.
The minister is seeking “recovery of the sum of Ten Million Ghana Cedis (GH¢10,000,000.00) as general damages, including aggravated and/or exemplary damages for defamation for the words uttered by the Defendant.”
He is also seeking “an apology for and retraction of the words complained of supra” and “a perpetual injunction restraining the Defendant from repeating similar or other defamatory words against the Plaintiff.”
