{
  "id": 4276925,
  "title": "Defamation suit: Sammy Gyamfi has been validly served – Afenyo-Markin’s lawyers dismiss alleged delay",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/defamation-suit-sammy-gyamfi-has-been-validly-served-afenyo-markins",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T20:24:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/defamation-suit-sammy-gyamfi-has-been-validly-served-afenyo-markins-lawyers-dismiss-alleged-delay/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dehyena Chambers, representing Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has dismissed allegations that their client is deliberately delaying or avoiding the service of a writ in a defamation case against Ghana Gold Board CEO Sammy Gyamfi. The court papers state that the writ was filed on August 24, 2026, and served to Ayine & Partners on August 26, 2026. Ayine & Partners then returned the writ to the court on August 27, claiming that Gyamfi had changed his position on accepting service through their firm. However, Dehyena Chambers maintains that a court bailiff subsequently served the writ on Ayine & Partners, and that Gyamfi declined to accept the service personally. Dehyena Chambers argues that the suggestion Afenyo-Markin is responsible for delaying service is \"untrue\" and cites High Court rules stating that service on a lawyer who has undertaken to accept service on behalf of a client constitutes valid service.",
  "summary": "Lawyers for Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin have dismissed claims that their client is deliberately delaying or avoiding the service of a writ on Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) Chief Executive Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, in a defamation case. Dehyena Chambers, representing Mr Afenyo-Markin, says the writ has already been served on Mr Gyamfi’s lawyers after they formally […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Defamation suit: Sammy Gyamfi authorises his lawyers to write to High Court to receive writ",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/defamation-suit-sammy-gyamfi-authorises-his-lawyers-to-write-to-high",
        "published": "2026-08-29T04:03:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "26 years apart: Madras High Court dissolves marriage, but sets conditions over property",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/26-years-apart-madras-high-court-dissolves-marriage-but-sets",
        "published": "2026-08-29T06:12:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Sammy Gyamfi authorises lawyers to request Afenyo-Markin’s defamation writ",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/sammy-gyamfi-authorises-lawyers-to-request-afenyo-markins-defamation",
        "published": "2026-08-29T16:12:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Chronicle Ghana",
        "title": "Afenyo- Markin: Sammy Gyamfi has been duly served with my writ",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/afenyo-markin-sammy-gyamfi-has-been-duly-served-with-my-writ",
        "published": "2026-08-29T16:58:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}