The General Jurisdiction 13 division of the High Court today, the 2nd day of March, 2026 has delivered final judgment in the defamation claim brought by Mr. Albert Kan Dapaah, former National Security Minister against Mr. Oliver Barker Vormawor.

The Court in its judgment granted reliefs of the Plaintiff-Former Minister by holding that the allegation by the Defendant-activist and lawyer, Mr. Vormawor, against Mr. Kan Dapaah that he attempted to quell activism of FixTheCountry movement by offering him US$ 1 million was defamatory.

Prior to the delivery of the judgment of the Court, the Court refused an application by Mr. Vormawor seeking to arrest the judgment of the Court.

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Vormawor fails to produce audio

Part of the defamatory statements of Mr. Vormawor against Mr. Kan Dapaah included claims that he had an audio of the meeting between himself and the former Minister where the Former Minister made the said offer of US$ 1 million to him to halt the activism of FixTheCountry.

Mr. Vormawor failed to partake in the trial of the case by failing to provide evidence to substantiate and prove claims that Mr. Kan Dapaah offered him US$ 1 million to stop the activism of FixTheCountry.

Mr. Kan Dapaah through his lawyer, the respected Bright Okyere Agyekum thus opened and closed his case, proving his claims of the statements of Mr. Vormawor as untrue and injurious to his reputation.

Late defence; Supreme Court disclosures failed

The case filed by Hon. Kan Dapaah against Mr. Vormawor has seen some drama at both the trial Court and Supreme Court. The trial Court held an application for judgment in default of defence in abeyance to accomodate Mr. Vormawor after he failed to file his defence to the Writ of Mr. Kan Dapaah on three occasions.

The Court even accomodated an excuse of the disappearance of a drafted defence from the laptop of Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, then Counsel of the Defendant-Activist to allow the parties and Court have a trial of the issues per the writ of Mr. Kan Dapaah.

While the case was pending at the High Court, the Apex Court constituted by the learned Chief Justice then, Gertrude Torkornoo, Mariama Owusu J.S.C, Asiedu J.S.C., Asare Darko J.S.C. and Adjei-Frimpong J.S.C. unanimously dismissed an application brought by Oliver Barker-Vormawor for the disclosure of documents which according to Hon. Kan Dapaah had national security implication and thus could not be disclosed.

The respected Justices of the Supreme Court reached this decision after Counsel for Mr Barker-Vormawor failed to convince the Supreme Court that their jurisdiction under Article 135 of the 1992 Constitution has been properly invoked and that the applicant has identified a specific document which bears national security status and for which reason the Supreme Court ought to order the production of same for the use of the High Court trying the defamation suit.

End of the line for Vormawor?

With the case of Mr. Dapaah traveling to trial with same conducted and final judgment delivered, it is yet to be seen the next step of Mr. Vormawor.