Former Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Koku Anyidoho
An Accra High Court on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at about 9:15 a.m., granted an application for substituted service in the GH¢5 million defamation suit filed by Samuel Koku Anyidoho against media personality Captain Smart and his employers, Media General.
Koku Anyidoho filed the suit in January 2025, accusing Captain Smart of making “deliberate and damaging” remarks regarding his role as Head of Communications and Presidential Spokesperson during the tenure of the late President John Evans Atta Mills.
In a broadcast, Captain Smart alleged—with what Anyidoho describes as “false certainty”, that he had personally witnessed Anyidoho insult then Vice President John Dramani Mahama “face-to-face” at the Flagstaff House.
He further claimed that Anyidoho, whom he wrongly described as “Director of Operations at the Flagstaff House,” locked Mahama out of his office and routinely disrespected him.
According to Captain Smart, Anyidoho’s alleged behavior even prompted John Mahama to draft a resignation letter, which he claimed only the intervention of former President John Agyekum Kufuor and Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II prevented.
Koku Anyidoho has denied all the allegations, asserting that he never worked at the Flagstaff House, nor did he hold the position of Director of Operations.
“I worked at the Castle, Osu, not the Flagstaff House. He got the location wrong and the designation wrong.
It stands to reason that every other thing he said was also false,” Anyidoho said. “That is why he is avoiding being served, because he cannot defend his claims.”
Due to repeated failed attempts by court bailiffs to serve Captain Smart and Media General, Anyidoho’s legal team filed a motion for substituted service. The court granted the request this morning.
Per the court’s directive, the notice of service will be:
• Posted on the notice board of the High Court,
• Affixed to the premises of Media General,
• Published electronically via GhanaWeb (which initially carried the statements), and
• Circulated on other online portals.
Following the publication of the notice, the defendants will have 10 days to respond through legal representation. Failure to do so could result in summary judgment and other consequential orders against them.
The ruling was delivered by Her Ladyship Ellen Lordina Serwaa Mireku, Justice of the High Court, General Jurisdiction 8.
Legal representation for the plaintiff was held by Kwame Osei, Esq., with Yaw Awuku-Asabre, Esq. of Awuku-Asabre Law Consult leading the legal team.
