Sports News of Saturday, 7 July 2018

Source: ghanasoccernet.com

Sannie Daara hires former Attorney General Dr Ayine in lawsuit against Anas

Former Deputy Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine Former Deputy Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine

Ibrahim Sannie Daara has hired former Deputy Attorney General and highly-rated lawyer Dr Dominic Ayine in his defamation suit against controversial journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

Dr Ayine together with his top-notch partner Dr Theodore Adimazoya will be spearheading the defamation suit against the Ghanaian journalist.

Daara, who is a well established former BBC journalist of huge repute, is demanding 20 million cedis or $ 5 million in damages over the publication in a recent football documentary.

The Director of Communications of the Ghana FA also filed another lawsuit at the High Court of Justice with Human Rights application insisting the actions of the controversial ‘violated the Applicant’s right to the privacy of his communication which is guaranteed by the Clause 2 of Article 16 of the Constitution’.

The two legal actions were filed by his top-notch lawyers, Dominic Ayine – who is former deputy Attorney General of Ghana and Dr. Theodore Adimazoya – USA trained rising star in the legal field in the country.

Dr Ayine is a senior barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana with 17 years of professional experience.

He has active practice and extensive experience in trade and investment law, commercial law and natural resources law.