Mustapha Gbande, the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said the only crime the John Mahama-led NDC government has committed is not putting Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin before court.
According to Mustapha Gbande, based on what he knows about Alexander Afenyo-Markin, he should have been arraigned before court.
Speaking to media personality Roselyn Feli, Mustapha Gbande stated, “The only crime that our government has committed is that we haven’t put Afenyo-Markins in court. From what I know of him, and I have stated… I have stated before, and I don’t blame him too much, our colleagues who create comfort for him are the problem of this government”.
Mustapha Gbande, when pushed by the host on what he knows about the Minority Leader, answered, “So much.”
However, the host pushed for Mustapha Gbande to mention what he knows, but he refused to give any details.
He further claimed that Afenyo-Markin, as the Minority Leader, is enjoying more than all his colleagues in opposition.
“I’m saying that the last time I said that, no opposition member, and I repeat, no opposition member enjoys more than Afenyo-Markin under this government. And I blame our colleagues who create those leverages, you see. And such a person should not be out there accusing anybody,” he said.
Mustapha Gbande further disclosed that when former President Nana Akufo-Addo was in power, they investigated his government, asserting that he knows what he is talking about regarding the Minority Leader.
“You see, when President Akufo-Addo was in government, we investigated his government. So, I know what I’m talking about…I’m saying that if Afenyo-Markins force us, we will go into the realities,” he noted.
Gbande further added, “So, his threats will not let anybody sacrifice Sammy Gyamfi. So far, in his imperfect nature as a young man, he’s demonstrated an impeccable discharge of responsibility that the NPP couldn’t do. Put the NPP and their cabinet together for eight years, couldn’t do”.
“In any case, which wise opposition leader threatens others? Which wise opposition leader does that? I’m learning from his politics, but it is a learning of what not to do than what to do,” he added.
Meanwhile, More details have emerged on the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, lawsuit against the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Eric Adjei, Multimedia Group and Peace FM.
Afenyo-Markin, in a separate lawsuit, sued Sammy Gyamfi and Multimedia Group at the Accra High Court.
The Minority leader also sued Eric Adjei and Peace FM at the Achimota Circuit Court.
Speaking when Parliament reconvened on Monday, August 24, 2026, the Minority leader revealed he has initiated legal proceedings against Mr Gyamfi and media organisations that published or broadcast the statements in question.
Afenyo-Markin stated, “I have accordingly caused writs to be filed in Suit Number GT/1029/2026, titled Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin versus Samuel Adu Gyamfi and Multimedia Group Limited at the Accra High Court, and Suit Number GR/ACH/CC/C5/02/2026, titled Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin versus Eric Adjei and Peace FM at the Achimota Circuit Court”.
“I have every confidence that in the fullness of time the court will make the appropriate determination,” he added.
The legal action follows weeks of public exchanges between the Minority Leader and the GoldBod CEO over the financial performance of the DGPP, while Afenyo-Markin had appeared to have softened his earlier threat to pursue legal action over allegations made by Sammy Gyamfi.
The court cited details that the reliefs being sought by Afenyo-Markin including a retraction of the alleged defamatory statements.
“The reliefs are listed below:
a. General damages for libel;
b. Aggravated damages;
c. Exemplary damages;
d. An order directing the defendants to publish a full, unconditional and unequivocal retraction of the defamatory statements;
e. An order directing the defendants to publish a full, unconditional and unequivocal public apology to the plaintiff; and
f. An order directing that the retraction and apology be published and/or broadcast with substantially the same prominence and reach as the original publication.
g. An order directing the Defendants to cause the retraction and apology to be broadcast on JoyNews and published on the relevant electronic and social media platforms through which the defamatory publication was disseminated
h. An order of perpetual injunction restraining the Defendants, their servants, agents, assigns and/or any persons acting under their authority from further publishing the defamatory words or any words to the same or substantially similar effect concerning the Plaintiff
i. Costs of Fifteen million Ghana cedis (GH¢15,000,000.00) as compensation thereof
j. Costs, including legal costs; and
k. Any further or other reliefs as this Honourable Court may deem fit”.
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