Nana Antwi Fosuhene, a traditional leader and businessman, has filed a GH¢2 million defamation suit against Kumasi-based Oyerepa Radio and Television station and two other individuals.

The lawsuit is directed at Eunice Naa Amerley Nortey aka Auntie Naa, Emelia Agyemang, Proprietress and Owner Oyerepa FM and TV, and Queenly Lilian Amponsah, a resident of Atonsu.

Fosuhene, who is the Kyidomhene of Asem, Kumasi, seeks compensatory, aggravated, and exemplary damages from the defendants for defaming him and causing him emotional pain, embarrassment, and public ridicule.

The Fosuhene is also seeking a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants and all persons acting for them or taking instructions from them from making any oral or written derogatory Statement about him.

He has asked the court to direct the defendants to retract the statements made against him and to publish an unqualified public apology on all media platforms. The plaintiff is also seeking further orders or reliefs that the court may consider necessary or just, including cost and solicitors' fees.

In a statement of claim filed at the commercial division of the Kumasi High Courts, Fosuhene alleges that Auntie Naa, the host of a programme dubbed “Oyerepa Afutuo” that is aired on Oyerepa FM and TV, allowed Emelia Agyeman to make defamatory and false statements “without any notice” to him.

During the interview, Emelia alleged that the plaintiff forced her to have sex with him, which resulted in her having five miscarriages after the beating she received from him. She further alleged that Fosuhene had gone in for two other ladies because she had difficulty conceiving.

Fosuhene claims that Auntie Naa and Emelia led and instigated the false portrayal of him as “a rapist, unethical businessman who engages in unwelcome sexual affairs with his staff, an abuser, a womanizer, and a criminal.”

Fosuhene alleges that statements made by the two defendants on the said programme “were false and were made maliciously by them just to tarnish his hard-won reputation as a businessman and respected Traditional ruler.”

According to Fosuhene, the defamatory statements made against him have caused him emotional distress, public ridicule, and difficulty in going to public places as he has to explain himself to almost everybody.

He further claims that his business partners have formed a negative impression of him and are not willing to do business with him.

Fosuhene said that the statements have cost him his economic interest, reputation, a position as a chief, and self-esteem.