{
  "id": 15852095,
  "title": "Minority Leader withdraws defamation suit against Goldbod, NEIP CEOs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/minority-leader-withdraws-defamation-suit-against-goldbod-neip-ceos",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T05:46:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/minority-leader-withdraws-defamation-suit-against-goldbod-neip-ceos/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Parliamentary Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin has ended his defamation case against Eric Adjei, CEO of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP). The case, filed in August by his legal counsel at the Achimota Circuit Court, has now been dismissed. Afenyo-Markin, representing the Efutu Constituency and a lawyer himself, had accused NEIP CEO Adjei of repeating extortion allegations made by GoldBod CEO Sammy Gyamfi.",
  "summary": "MINORITY Leader in Parliament, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin has withdrawn his defamation suit against Eric Adjei, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP). Consequently, the suit, which his lawyers filed at the Achimota Circuit Court in August has been struck out as withdrawn. Mr Afenyo-Markin, the Member of Parliament for the … The post…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Afenyo-Markin withdraws defamation suit against NEIP CEO Eric Adjei",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/afenyo-markin-withdraws-defamation-suit-against-neip-ceo-eric-adjei",
        "published": "2026-10-20T13:42:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}