Austin Kwabena Brako-Powers, a Private legal practitioner, has told the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, to discontinue his defamation suit against Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) Chief Executive Officer Sammy Gyamfi.
According to Brako-Powers, he feels the case was a bait Honourable Afenyo-Markin shouldn’t have taken.
He further advised the Minority leader to discontinue his defamation suit against Sammy Gyamfi following the High Court’s decision to strike out the case.
Speaking on GBC’s Current Agenda on Saturday, October 17, 2026, Brako-Powers stated, “I feel the case was a bait Honourable Afenyo-Markin shouldn’t have taken, and for me, I would advise him to let the matter rest”.
He further argued that Afenyo-Markin should have exercised greater caution before initiating legal action.
Brako-Powers highlighted that circumstances surrounding the dispute might have been intended to provoke him into taking the matter to court.
The Private legal practitioner, however, maintained that the ruling centred on procedural requirements and should not automatically be interpreted as a determination of the substantive allegations.
He urged the Minority Leader to reconsider that position and avoid prolonging the dispute.
Brako-Powers cautioned against allowing political pressure and public exchanges to influence decisions on legal action, stressing that the matter required careful handling given the positions held by both men.
He argued that continuing the dispute could generate further political controversy.
His comment follows, Lawyers for Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin have revealed that their client has instructed them to pursue his GH¢15 million defamation suit against Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) Chief Executive Officer Sammy Gyamfi to its logical conclusion.
According to the Lawyers, despite the High Court decision to set aside the case over a procedural defect, their client still insists on pursuing the suit.
On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, a statement issued by Dehyena Chambers, the legal team, revealed that they have been instructed to pursue the matter and were awaiting a copy of the court’s ruling to determine their next course of action.
The lawyer disclosed that as of 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, the court registry had not made a copy of the ruling available to them.
“Our civil jurisprudence, including the Supreme Court authorities on non-compliance with procedural rules and Order 81 of C.I. 47, recognises that procedural irregularities are curable since equity looks at substance and not form,” the statement said.
“We will not be deterred by procedural setbacks. The Mills of Justice grind slowly, but with great surety,” the statement added. The court’s decision followed a finding that the writ of summons did not contain sufficient particulars of the alleged defamatory publication, rendering the action defective under the applicable civil procedure rules.
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