Kurt Okraku, the head of GFA, is in court in a defamation lawsuit against Atta Poku and Sompa TV/FM.
Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), filed a defamation suit against Collins Atta Poku, a journalist, and Teraone Media Limited, the owners of Sompa TV/FM, on Monday, April 7, 2024.
The head of Ghanaian football filed a lawsuit for GHC 30 million, and the GFA boss showed up in court with his attorney, Godwin Mensah Sackey.
The defendants, who their attorneys accompanied, did not show up for court on Monday.
The parties will return to court on Monday April 14, 2025.
President Kurt Okraku, who is an Executive Council member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has dragged the journalist and his media outfit to court for making defamatory and libelous statement against him.
In a statement of claim at the High Court, Okraku accused the defendants of publishing false accusations to defame his character and bring him into public odium.
The claims range from misappropriation to funds meant for Black Stars players, ill-treatment of defender Daniel Amartey, and buying of buses for Division One League clubs.
