President J.J. Rawlings has said the publication in the May edition of Africawatch Magazine that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease is complete falsehood.
According to lawyers for the former president, publishers of the magazine, Liberty Media Concepts, must immediately retract the story and apologise or face legal action.
The story published in the May edition of the controversial Africawatch magazine is titled “Now This Man needs your prayers, Parkinson’s disease eats Rawlings’ strength away.”
It claimed to have accounts from the former President’s doctors in Ghana and South Africa, but only gives details about the background of the former President and an explanation on what the Parkinson’s disease is.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic, lawyer for former President Rawlings, Ms Hanifa Yahaya, said the story is defamatory.
“They are not speculating but were very categorical that they have spoken to his doctors in Ghana and in South Africa. “What motive will they have for such publication, if not defamation?” she said.
“We also demand that you immediately halt the distribution of the said edition of the offensive publication and cause the retraction and apology to be published immediately in at least one major newspaper in all the countries listed on the cover as circulation zones, as well as in the next monthly edition of the magazine,” a copy of a rejoinder by the lawyers of the former president added.
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects movement. It develops gradually, sometimes starting with a barely noticeable tremor in just one hand. But while a tremor may be the most well-known sign of Parkinson’s disease, the disorder also commonly causes stiffness or slowing of movement.
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