Kwabena Adu Boahene and his wife, Angel Adjei Boateng gave GhanaWeb 7 days to retract a publication
GhanaWeb has fired back at the legal threats from the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu Boahene, and his wife, Angel Adjei Boateng, over a story linking their company to stolen vehicles.
In a sharp response through its legal representatives, Ayine and Partners, GhanaWeb described the couple’s defamation claims as baseless and accused their lawyers of misrepresenting the facts.
The couple, through their lawyers, Zoe, Akye & Co, gave GhanaWeb seven (7) days to retract and render an unqualified apology over a publication by the media which they claimed was defamatory or face legal action.
The Adu Boahenes claimed that the said publication, which was published on June 5, 2025 and titled “Adu-Boahene’s Enterprise Dreams Limited sold stolen cars from North America – EOCO”, was defamatory.
Ayine and Partners, in its response on behalf of GhanaWeb, pointed out that there was nothing defamatory about its client’s publication.
They further stated a number of issues with the letter Zoe, Akye & Co wrote to their client including misrepresentation of the headline of the story.
In the said letter which was issued by Samuel Atta Akyea, the headline of the story was captured as “Adu-Boahene’s Enterprise Dreams Limited sold stolen cars from North America”, ignoring the attribution to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
This, the lawyers indicated, implied that the details of the publication were a narration of GhanaWeb and not a report on a witness statement of an officer of EOCO, which was the case.
GhanaWeb, through its lawyer, took strong exception to the suggestion that “it has acted unprofessionally and is ‘indulging in a highly prejudicial media trial’”.
GhanaWeb further said that “in all its dealings, it adheres strictly to the ethos expected of the reputable media organisation that it is,” stating that “it has not done anything wrong, and as a result, is unable to accede to your demand for an unconditional retraction”.
It added that it “remains committed to discharging its duties to the general public and shall not cower or be intimidated into refraining from publishing relevant and timely information,” and “shall defend its press freedoms enshrined in the Constitution strongly and will not countenance any attempts to trample upon these freedoms”.
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