YOUR ¢10M LAWSUIT AGAINST BRIGHT SIMON’S A BAD IDEA WITHDRAW IT – Oliver Barker Vormawor Tells Ibrahim Mahama
Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a private attorney and social activist, has instructed Ibrahim Mahama, a well-known philanthropist and business magnate from Ghana, to drop his ¢10 million defamation case against him as Vice President of IMANI Africa Bright Simons.
Oliver Barker-Vormawor believes that Ibrahim Mahama made a mistake by suing Bright Simon’s.
He claimed that politics and appearances are just as important as legality.
In a post on X, he wrote, “I am not Ibrahim Mahama. And I may never accumulate that much wealth or perception of wealth in my life.
But if he listens to advice from broke nobodies. Then I think his lawsuit against Bright Simon’s was a bad idea.
It is not just the legal I am talking about. It is also the optics and the politics. A well-rounded legal advisor’s role is to help check your impulses; not enable them because nokofio or if not that out of deference.
I will urge him to withdraw it if I am the kind of person whose views he finds worthy.
Shalom!”.
Ibrahim Mahama the plaintiff accused Bright Simons of making “false and malicious” publications that have damaged both his reputation and that of his company, Engineers and Planners (E&P).
The court document cited claims made by Bright Simons in an article titled “Ghana Provides a Lesson in How Not to Nationalise a Gold Mine”, published on April 19, 2025.
Bright Simon’s article reportedly accused E&P of financial distress due to halted operations at the Damang gold mine suggesting that the company’s creditors were “up in arms.”
It also implied that Ibrahim Mahama, the brother of President John Mahama, was benefiting improperly from political connections and that E&P was being unduly favoured in government mining policies.
The plaintiffs however rejected these claims labeling them as “entirely false and wholly without factual basis.”
Ibrahim Mahama and his company made the following claims in their suit:
- A declaration that the statements made by the Defendant, which have been particularised in paragraphs 14(a) and (b) of the statement of claim, are defamatory of the Plaintiffs;
- An order directed at the Defendant to publish, on the same platforms that he published the defamatory words, as well as a full page of the Daily Graphic newspaper, on six consecutive occasions over a 3-month period, an unqualified retraction and an apology to the Plaintiffs;
- An order for a perpetual injunction restraining the Defendant, his agents, assigns, and servants from further publishing any defamatory words against the Plaintiffs;
- General damages of Ten Million Ghana Cedis (GH¢10,000,000.00) for defamation;
- Costs, including legal fees, and
- Any other order(s) as this Honourable Court may deem fit.
Meanwhile, the Vice President of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons, has stated he will defend his statement made in his publication against Ibrahim Mahama vigorously in court.
According to Bright Simons, he has seen that the brother of Ghana’s President has filed a suit against him for defamation because he is unhappy.
Bright Simons on X stated, “I said his company has been ‘hit’ financially as a result of a mining company’s decision to suspend some operations, which his company had hitherto been paid to support; and
- Also that some of his creditors have been “up in arms” due to, among other factors, the financial pressures emanating from the Damang situation”.
He further added, “After studying the suit carefully, my lawyers and I have resolved to defend the above statements vigorously in court.
We bear no malice towards Mr. Ibrahim Mahama. But we shall not be deterred from continuing to scrutinise any dealings of his that we believe have public policy implications”.
See the post below:
I am not Ibrahim Mahama. And I may never accumulate that much wealth or perception of wealth in my life.
But if he listens to advice from broke nobodies. Then I think his lawsuit against Bright Simon’s was a bad idea.
It is not just the legal I am talking about. It is also the…
— Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor (@barkervogues) May 30, 2025
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