A photo collage of Okatakyie, Sammy Gyamfi and Afia Schwarzenegger
Media personality Okatakyie Afrifa-Mensah has lambasted the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GOLDBOD), Sammy Gyamfi, for suing popular media personality Valentina Nana Agyeiwaa, also known as Afia Schwarzenegger, over alleged defamation.
According to Okatakyie, Sammy Gyamfi has no moral right to sue anyone for defamation, accusing him of having defamed several individuals in the past while “going scot-free.”
Speaking on his For the Records show on July 23, 2025, Okatakyie cited individuals, including former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and renowned broadcaster Kwame Sefa Kayi, whom he alleged Sammy Gyamfi had defamed during his tenure as Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
“Is it not him who said Hubtel belongs to Dr Bawumia? After defaming everybody in the country as Communications Officer, who took you to court?
“Now you are facing the same fate, and suddenly you know court. Did Dr Bawumia take you to court? And you are running to court, what are you going to do there? Go and withdraw the case for us to think. How did you even feel going to court? You defamed Kwame Sefa Kayi and several others in the country,” he said.
According to court documents sighted by GhanaWeb, Sammy Gyamfi accused Afia Schwarzenegger of defaming him in a publication in the Twi dialect.
The said publication, which was quoted in the document, showed that the media personality accused Sammy Gyamfi of cheating on his wife.
“Tell Sammy Gyamfi’s wife that I am greeting her. Her husband is still buying cars for girls in Legon. I am holding the list. What will make you know that I am holding the list is that I am going to call my informant… I am calling my informant. Akumaa, be wild, be wild, that Sammy Gyamfi’s girl, I have forgotten her name, send it to me again, yes, and add all the list. Yes, send it to me. Send everything. I am waiting.
“So, tell Sammy Gyamfi’s wife that her husband is doing a lot of work at Legon, he is really working there. But truly, what will his wife even say?” Afia is quoted as having said in the court document.
The CEO of the GOLDBOD, who is also the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), through his lawyer, said the comments made against him are defamatory.
He, therefore, asked the court to declare that Afia’s comment defamed his character.
He also asked the court for GH¢10 million in damages.
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