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Hugh Brown sues Abronye DC for GH¢20m in defamation claims

Hugh Brown has sue Abronye DC for GH¢20m in defamation claims

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July 25, 2025
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KWAME BAFFOE POPULARLY KNOWN AS ABRONYE DC BONO REGIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY (NPP)

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Hugh Clement A. Brown, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Ghana’s Forestry Commission, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Kwame Baffoe widely known as Abronye DC, a prominent opposition figure and Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, seeking GH¢20 million in damages.

The suit, lodged at the Accra High Court, follows allegations made by Mr. Baffoe on his online television platform, OHIA TV. In a broadcast aired on July 10, 2025, Baffoe accused Mr. Brown of forging official documents and unlawfully authorising the sale of portions of Ghana’s forest reserves while falsely backdating letters to implicate the previous administration.

In his statement of claim, Brown contends that the assertions made on OHIA TV’s ‘The Evidence’ programme were not only false but calculated to damage his hard-earned reputation, both locally and internationally.

He is demanding GH¢15 million in general damages for libel, GH¢5 million in exemplary damages, and a series of public apologies and retractions to be broadcast and published across major television networks and newspapers. “The statements were made maliciously and without any factual basis,” Mr. Brown’s legal team wrote, adding that the televised accusations implied that their client is “an embezzler, a dishonest and fraudulent person, and a thief.”

Mr. Brown, a trained forester with a PhD in Tropical Forest Ecology, has worked at the Commission since 1993 and held senior roles including Director of Operations and Executive Director of the Forest Services Division. He was appointed Acting Chief Executive in January 2025.

In the 20-minute broadcast, Mr. Baffoe alleged that Brown had issued official documents in mid-2024 before his appointment to facilitate payments from mining companies for forest entry permits.

The documents were said to have been dated June and May 2024 and bore Brown’s signature as Acting Chief Executive.

Mr. Baffoe claimed that these actions were part of a broader strategy to tarnish the image of the previous NPP-led administration by linking it to illegal mining deals. “If you backdate a letter to make it look like these events happened under the NPP regime, then you are engaging in forgery,” Mr. Baffoe said during the broadcast.

He further alleged that Mr. Brown had collected payments through unofficial means and diverted proceeds from forest reserves into private hands.

The plaintiff disputes all these claims, asserting that at the time the documents were allegedly signed, he had not yet assumed the position of Acting CEO. He also dismissed the suggestion that he had tried to frame the NPP by backdating permits or making any financial irregularities.

As part of his reliefs, Mr. Brown is requesting six televised apologies from Baffoe to be aired on national channels including GTV, TV3, Joy TV, and OHIA TV, as well as printed retractions in the Daily Graphic over four consecutive weeks. He is also asking for a formal apology to be posted on all OHIA TV digital platforms. The defendant has not yet responded formally to the lawsuit.

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