We’ll Pursue Afenyo-Markin’s Defamation Case Against Sammy Gyamfi to Logical Conclusion – Lawyers

Lawyers for Minority leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin have vowed to pursue his defamation case against Mr Sammy Gyamfi to its logical conclusion despite a High Court decision setting aside the writ.

It comes after the High Court, General Jurisdiction 1, presided over by Justice Akwasi Adjenim Boateng, set aside the writ in suit number GJ/1029/2026 – Afenyo-Markin v Sammy Gyamfi, for non-particularisation of the alleged defamatory words.

In a press statement issued on October 14, 2026, Dehyena Chambers, solicitors for Afenyo-Markin, said they have full instructions to press on with the case.

“We have the full instructions of Osahen Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin to pursue this matter to its logical conclusion,” the statement, signed by F. Paa Kwesi Abaidoo, Esq., said.

The Chambers disclosed that as of 4:00 p.m. on the day of the ruling, the Court Registry had not made a copy of the ruling available to them, adding that they were awaiting it to determine their next cause of action.

The lawyers expressed disappointment at the approach adopted by Mr Gyamfi, arguing that he had publicly made categorical allegations against Afenyo-Markin, claimed to have evidence, and challenged him to go to court.

“We find it curiously troubling that Mr Sammy Gyamfi, who made categorical allegations against Osahen Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, and publicly claimed to have evidence to substantiate them, and further challenged Osahen to sue, has chosen the path of procedural roadblocks rather than file a defence,” the statement said.

The firm maintained that the setback is curable in law, citing Order 81 of C.I. 47 and Supreme Court authorities which hold that procedural irregularities should not defeat substantive justice.

“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 time-tested principles of equity have always been that ‘Justice should not be sacrificed on the altar of technicalities,'” it noted.

“We will not be deterred by procedural setbacks. The Mills of Justice grind slowly, but with great surety,” the Chambers added.

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