An Accra High Court has denied an application for a judgement in default made by National Security Minister Kan Dapaah in his defamation case against Fix the Country convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor.
The Minister has filed a lawsuit against activist Oliver Barker-Vormawor, saying that the minister sought to bribe him to discontinue his advocacy.
Lawyers for the Minister had asked the court to decide in favour of Kan Dapaah since Oliver Barker-Vormawor had not filed a defence to the suit.
In their application, they noted that the failure to file the defence is evidence that Oliver Barker Vomawor has no defence to the defamation suit.
The Minister was seeking damages to the tune of 10 million Ghana Cedis and an apology from Olive Barker Vormawor for the alleged defamatory statements.
Lawyers of Barker-Vormawor opposed the application for judgment in default of appearance, arguing that the application is not appropriate.
The court after questioning the defendant on whether he has a defence to the defamation case or not, asked Kan Dapaah’s lawyers to withdraw the application.
The judge then gave Barker-Vormawor two weeks to file his statement of defence. The case has been adjourned to December 14.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana