Accra: The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has, through his lawyers, demanded a retraction and an unqualified apology from former New Patriotic Party (NPP) member Hopeson Adorye over a Facebook post in which the MP was depicted using pig imagery and falsely linked to the ownership of the 'Ghana Today' platform.
According to Ghana Web, the lawyers, Kulendi@Law, in a letter dated August 9, 2026, stated that Adorye, now Field Director of the United Party (UP), had reproduced a post originally published by Ghana Today on his Facebook page and, in introducing it, described the Old Tafo MP as the 'originator of Ghana Today podcast.'
The lawyers asserted that the statement was false and created the impression that Assafuah owns, controls, operates and was otherwise responsible for the content published by Ghana Today. They emphasized that their client had instructed them to state unequivocally that he was neither the owner nor the originator of the Ghana Today podcast and had no authorship, control, responsibility, and involvement in the particular publication reproduced by Adorye.
This action follows an earlier Ghana Today publication where Adorye was depicted in similar pig imagery, to which Adorye reacted on Facebook. In his reaction, Adorye not only attributed the Ghana Today publication to the Tafo MP but also accompanied his post with imagery depicting Assafuah alongside a pig, prompting a demand for a retraction and apology.
Adorye's post included the statement: "I will surely respond in equal measure," which Assafuah's lawyers argue, when read with the alleged false attribution, further suggested that the MP was responsible for the publication and should be held accountable for it.
The lawyers contend that the publication, taken in its full context, was capable of exposing their client to public ridicule, criticism, hostility, and reputational harm. They have consequently given Adorye 48 hours from receipt of the letter to remove the offending publication, retract the attribution, and publish an unqualified apology to Mr Assafuah on the same Facebook platform.
The lawyers warned that if Adorye fails, refuses, and neglects to comply with the demand within the stipulated period, their client will, without further notice, pursue all appropriate legal remedies, including claims for damages.