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The court grants Shatta Wale’s request for a settlement in Bullgod’s defamation case

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The court grants Shatta Wale's request for a settlement in Bullgod's defamation case

Lawyers for Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, have been granted permission to seek an out-of-court settlement in a defamation case filed against him by Lawrence Asiamah Hanson, also known as Bulldog.

Bulldog, the artist’s manager, had filed a defamation suit against Shatta Wale. The plaintiff, Bulldog, is seeking damages for alleged defamation as well as the malicious publication of falsehood against him by the defendant.

“The series of publications that Defendant has made and continues to make about Plaintiff are actuated by plain malice,” the writ filed by Bulldog’s Lawyer, Justice Srem-Sai said.

On Tuesday, March 7, 2023, the plaintiff’s lawyers, led by Dr Justice Srem-Sai, informed the court that the parties had begun settlement negotiations and would require a month’s adjournment.

This, he said is the reason they were unable to file the written submissions as per the orders of the court.

“We would like to request one more adjournment to try to reach an agreement, and depending on the outcome, we may formally request an extension of time to file our witness statement,” Dr Justice Srem-Sai told the court.

After listening to the parties, Justice Joseph Adu Agyemang Owusu, presiding over the Accra High Court’s General Jurisdiction 13, encouraged them to settle the matter out of court.

The court grants Shatta Wale's request for a settlement in Bullgod's defamation case
Shatta Wale and Bulldog standing with their Counsels

Murtala Inusah, Shatta Wale, and Bulldog were spotted having a friendly conversation, according to EIB Network’s Legal Affairs Correspondent.

The case has been postponed until April 18, 2023.

Reliefs

The plaintiff is seeking the following reliefs

1. A declaration of the Court that the series of publications made by Defendant as particularised in the Statement of Claim are defamatory to Plaintiff.

A declaration of the Court that the series of publications made by Defendant in the Statement of Claim are malicious.
An order of the Court directed at Defendant to on all his social media pages or accounts, make a publication on seven (7) consecutive days of an unqualified retraction of and unreserved apology for the defamatory words that Defendant has published about Plaintiff, such retraction and apology to be vetted and approved by the Plaintiff’s lawyers.

An order of the Court for perpetual injunction restraining the Defendant, his agents, workmen, assigns and servants from publishing or further publishing any defamatory words against the Plaintiff.

General damages for defamation.
Special damages for defamation.
Punitive damages for the malicious publication of falsehood against Plaintiff.
Cost, and Any other orders or remedies that the Court may deem fit

Background

On November 02, 2022, Shatta Wale was said to have made a publication on his Facebook page implicating his former manager, Bulldog in the murder of Fennec Okyere among others.

Upon this, the Ghana Police Service opened investigations into the defendant’s publications.

Fennec Okyere, who was the manager of the controversial musician, Kwaw Kese, was murdered at his Manet Gardens residence on Spintex Road, Accra on Thursday, March 13, 2014, by unknown assailants. He died at age 31.

Lawrence Nana Asiama Hanson was picked up by the Police Criminal Investigative Department (CID) as a suspect in the death of Fennec Okyere.

This was because Bullgod (then known as Bulldog) who had regular beefs with Fennec Okyere, had supposedly threatened him in an interview.

In 2017, the courts, on the advice of the Attorney-General that there was no evidence against the accused, discharged Bulldog.

Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/Murtala Inusah

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Nana Tonardo is still my friend; disregard the rumours – Mzbel

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Mzbel has denied rumours that her friendship with socialite Nana Tornado has soured.

It has been reported that the friendship between Mzbel and Nana Tornado has soured. Although the exact cause was unknown, Nana Tornado was said to have fired shots at one of his posts to Mzbel.

Mzbel, on the other hand, debunked the perception and rumours that her friendship with Nana Tornado has soured in a Facebook live.

These rumours began to circulate after Mzbel stated in an interview two months ago that she did not have genuine friends.

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Nana Tonardo is still my friend; disregard the rumours – Mzbel

“Every love I have ever experienced in my life with people, I have paid for it. Physical cash. No one has become friends, taken me as a mother or sister with me, and hasn’t taken money from me for being my friend,” these were Mzbel’s in a viral interview back in January 2023.

Reacting to the rumours based on his Interview,

“The interview I granted and stated that I pay for friends to be part of my life was never about Tonardo. I beg you, it has nothing to do with Tonardo. To all those who picked my statement and specified Tonardo as my target, it was never true. Do not take me out of context and treat it as facts.“

I am so proud of Nana Tonardo for not reacting or coming out to attack me…when two people come together as friends, enemies sit to plan their breakup. They pray for your downfall…I will urge friends not to flaunt their beautiful relationship on social media because of negative eyes…these people are quick to create confusion among friends…Tonardo remains my friend,” she disclosed on Tuesday.

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Ernest Opoku boasts about being given a BJ on a VIP bus

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Ernest Opoku boasts about being given a BJ on a VIP bus

Ernest Opoku, a gospel musician, has come out to brag about receiving a BJ on a VIP bus while travelling to Accra a few years ago.

Ernes Opoku has been in the news a few times for being controversial, and his recent approach has won him fans and admirers.

The gospel singer recently revealed that his house used to be the headquarters of drug lords, but he never used any of the drugs. He admitted to having a connection with some drug dealers, who would sometimes hide their drugs in his house and return for them later, but he was never influenced to use drugs.

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Ernest Opoku boasts about being given a BJ on a VIP bus

He revealed in a recent interview with Tony Best on Akoma FM’s Entertainment 360 that he once received a BJ from an unknown lady on a VIP bus on his way to Accra.

“From Kumasi to Accra, I sat in a VIP bus at night, and a woman I didn’t recognise from anywhere sat down next to me,” he explained. After a while, she began to nod off and lean on me, so I politely asked her to switch positions. As a result, she leaned against the glass.

“I put in my earphone and listened to Elder Mireku’s music for a while before drifting off to sleep. I awoke from my slumber when I felt a shift in the air, and when I looked up, I saw that the woman in question had my p£nis in her mouth, to which I yelled, “Jesus!”.

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Don’t waste your time voting for him – Bulldog attacks Mark Okraku-Mantey’s parliamentary bid

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Don't waste your time voting for him - Bulldog attacks Mark Okraku-Mantey's parliamentary bid

Bulldog, the artist manager, has criticised Mark Okraku Mantey’s bid to become a member of parliament in 2024, claiming that he discourages constituents from voting for him.

Mark Okuraku-Mantey, the Deputy Minister for Tourism and Creative Arts, has announced his intention to run for the Ayensuano parliamentary seat in the Eastern Region on the New Patriotic Party ticket (NPP).

Bulldog, on the other hand, believes that Mark Okuraku Mantey does not deserve to be a member of parliament, claiming that he has not done enough to earn the support of his constituents.

“Some of his constituencies should not waste their time voting for him because he will not bring any change. Let me state it here clearly, and I know he will see it. Sitting here, I respect Mark as a person 100%, but when it comes to governance, I won’t even give him zero points minus, he won’t even get it,” he said.

Bulldog has advised Mark Okraku not to run for office, claiming that he lacks the necessary skills and experience to be an effective leader.

“Just being there, and looking at the contribution he made, I don’t even need to sit here and talk about Mark’s achievements, too many things he didn’t do. He has been in government, what has he done?

“When you criticize him, he will frown and respond by asking why you said anything about him. What is he going to do there? He has tasted governance for four years. What did he do?” he added.

“Someone like him, what is he going to tell his constituency? Also, he is lucky that it’s his constituency that he is going to because someone like him can never be president,” he shared.

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