Musician Kwame Asare Obeng, also known as A-Plus is hot over a defamatory remarks he directed at Ghanaian businessman Hassan Zein, about two years ago.
A High Court presided by His Lordship Justice Kwasi Agyenim Boateng on 29th January 2024 approved the terms of an agreement between Mr Hassan Zein, the Plaintiff in the suit and Kwame Asare Obeng, the Defendant in the same suit.
The Plaintiff, a Ghanaian entrepreneur, a global investor and a known
Philanthropist sued A-Plus for what he termed as wild defamatory publications in various newspapers and mainstream social media which tarnished his hard-earned reputation.
After months of court battles, A -Plus acknowledged that there was no truth in the published words and therefore asked his Lawyers to seek an amicable settlement of the suit.
After series of communications between the lawyers of both parties A Plus proposed to apologize and retract the said statement through the media in which he published the malicious statements and in addition pleaded equally to pay GHs100, 000 (One Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis) presumably the cost of litigation incurred by Mr. Hassan Zein as against the GHs 10,000,000 (Ten Million Ghana Cedis) originally sued for. Hassan Zein on a call with us maintained a very worried posture as to how things like this can happen in a supposedly civilized State
Like our country Ghana.
We await the next chapter of this unfolding story as A-Plus is yet to comply with the consent judgment so passed.
