Investigative writer Manasseh Azure Awuni has been asked to recant and apologize by Engineers & Planners Limited CEO Ibrahim Mahama.
Mahama’s claims concern passages in Awuni‘s book that discuss what happened to the state-owned Merchant Bank.
According to Joy News, Mahama is mentioned in connection with the bank’s difficulties on pages 98 and 99 of the book. Mahama, the sibling of the late President John Mahama, was reportedly among the largest borrowers of Merchant Bank.
According to Starr News, in a letter from his solicitor, Mahama said that part of the book has negatively impacted his reputation as an honest businessman.
The letter warned that Awuni would be sued if it did not comply with these demands within seven days.
“…should you fail, refuse or neglect to oblige the intimations contained in this letter within 7 days of your receipt of same, we shall proceed to seek legal redress against you without further notice to you,” the letter read.
“The President Ghana Never Got,” Awunis’s most recent book, details Ghana’s government under President Nana Akufo-Addo.
Manasseh Azure is already battling defamation in court.
Awuni was charged with slander after publishing a series of pieces titled Darkness in a Lighthouse. As a result, he recently spent some time in court.
The articles focused on charges of misconduct against Lighthouse Chapel International supervisor Dag Heward-Mills as well as the administration of the church.
