[ 2014-12-29 ]

Ababtay has left Asempa FM

Sports presenter Kofi Asare Brako 'Abatey' quits Asempa FM, lawsuit hangs
One of Ghana’s leading sports presenters Kofi
Asare ‘Abatey’ Brako has quit his radio
station Asempa FM as the crisis over an impending
$3m defamation and libel lawsuit mounts,
GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.

Abatey, who is under siege with the lawsuit from
the Ghana FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi over his recent
libelous broadcasts, looks to have jumped before
he is pushed by the radio station.

Ghana’s leading sports news website
www.ghanasoccernet.com can exclusively report that
he slapped in his resignation letter last week
after disagreements over discussion started over
how to approach the legal case.

The experienced broadcaster has negotiated a
secret exit by signing a bumper deal with a
soon-to-be established radio station.

Before the court starts hearing the legal case
against Asare Brako, he is seeking to consolidate
his future in the industry before Asempa FM
decides to sack him at the end of the legal case.

Moses Antwi Benefo, PJ Mozey, the former sports
presenter on the radio station is likely to return
to his position following Abatey’s decision to
quit.

A meeting of the CEO of the company Kwesi Twum,
sports director Sammy Yirenkyi, sports presenters
Patrick Osei-Agyemang affectionately called
‘Songo’ and Kofi Asare-Braako aka ‘Abatay’
and other high ranking officials has been
scheduled for this afternoon.

Pressure from the board is mounting on the CEO of
the company Kwesi Twumto sack sports director
Sammy Yirenkyi for overseeing recent broadcasts
which has been condemned as one-sided yet he
failed to rein in his presenters.

An e-mail circulated by Twum last month complained
about the shambolic standards on the radio station
was not actioned which might also lead to serious
sanctions.

While the crisis is mounting with serious
consequences for the presenters, Brako was
secretly negotiating an exit from the radio
station to Vision FM – new radio station to be
set by a pharmaceutical tycoon Tobinco.

He has now sealed the deal, GHANAsoccernet.com
understands.

Nyantakyi has filed a defamation and libel lawsuit
against Asempa FM and two of its sports presenters
for labelling him as a thief after ‘years of
consistent lies and negative campaigns’ against
him.

Multimedia Group Limited, the holding company of
Asempa FM, and Songo and Abatay have been served
the writs of defamation.

The lawsuit claims that false reports about him
were “broadcasted by Asempa FM throughout the
world” via the internet and has severely damaged
his reputation good name.

Lawyers for Nyantakyi are seeking punitive damages
for libellous statements calculated at damaging
his reputation in the eyes of the public.

Ghana’s leading football official says Asempa FM
and its reporters damaged his reputation and he is
seeking 10 million GhC10m ($3m) in the suit.

Source - Ghanasoccer

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