A-Plus and Francis Asenso Boakye
Hiplife musician Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, who has levelled allegations against some officials of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, may soon find himself in the law courts to defend his actions.
It follows a letter sent to him yesterday by lawyers for Francis Asenso-Boakye, a Deputy of Staff, demanding an apology and retraction.
The letter issued and signed by Lawyer Samson Lardy Anyenini, insisted that A-Plus has maliciously waged a sustained crusade against his client, Asenso-Boakye, with the intent to damage his reputation using social media in particular.
He claimed with impunity A-Plus disregarded the outcome of lawful, constitutional, official and quasi-judicial processes that discredited his allegations and gave the Deputy Chief of Staff a clean bill of health.
Lawyers for Asenso-Boakye said the musician has recently resumed his campaign after police commenced investigations into alleged criminal conduct of President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi.
According to them, “You [referring to A-Plus] have since authored and circulated a series of statements and referred to our client as being ‘corrupt’ among other defamatory claims directly and by innuendo obvious to your audience, and that said falsehood maliciously publicized attracted and continue to attract similar damaging comments from your audiences and as far as those defamatory statements have been circulated and republished.”
Mr Asenso-Boakye took exception to the said statements, including one dated May 23, 2018.
He, therefore, demanded an unequivocal and unconditional retraction and apology from A-Plus within seven days.
His lawyers asked him to give the apology and retraction the same publicity and prominence as the defamatory statements.
Samson Lardy Anyenini added that “we have his firm instructions to, without further notice to you and upon your failure, neglect or refusal to fully satisfy our client’s demand herein, take out a suit and hold you.”
By Charles Takyi-Boadu, Presidential Correspondent