According to the Made In Ghana artiste, the lockdown imposed by the government as part of efforts to combat the spread of the coronavirus slowed down the process but he had not let the matter go.

“It took a while to get a court to take the case and when we did, the bailiffs looked for him to serve him the writ but they couldn’t get to him.

“Eventually, I sent him the writ on Whatsapp and informed him that the bailiffs were looking for him. The bailiffs spoke to him and he said he was out of town and would return at the weekend so he could be served the following Monday.

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“Unfortunately, that Monday was when the lockdown came into effect so he was not served, but we will surely go to court after the lockdown,” he said.

In an interview on a radio station in Accra, Ambolley made some allegations that Okyeame Kwame, along with current acting President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bessa Simons, Ben Brako and TiC, received GH¢50,000 each as a loan from former MUSIGA President Bice Osei Kuffuor (Obour) but failed to pay back.

He claimed that the amount was taken out of the GH¢2 million the Atta Mills government gave to MUSIGA in 2012 and had evidence to back his allegations.

Hours after the claim, Okyeame Kwame, through his lawyers, refuted the claim, saying they were not true and gave Ambolley a 72-hour ultimatum to retract and apologise for the statement. He threatened to sue if the veteran did not comply.

After pleading for some time to do his checks, Ambolley later called the bluff of Okyeame Kwame and said he could go to court, which the Woso hitmaker did.

Okyeame Kwame said that the suit was not about money but he just wanted the truth to be told.

“I want a court to get him to retract what he said because what he said was totally false. I don’t want any money from him or anything, I just want the court to get him to apologise.

“He might just pay some money for my lawyer’s fees and other costs, but I just want the truth to be out there,” he stated.

According to him, his lawyers have advised him to keep mute and to keep things calm until the court hearing between him and the Akoko Ba hitmaker commences.

Okyeame Kwame filed the defamation suit after the latter alleged that, he, Okyeame Kwame and some other musicians, shared GH¢50,000 from government’s GH¢2 million meant for the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) then headed by President Bice Osei Kuffour.

Prior to the suit, the ‘Made in Ghana’ musician asked Mr Ambolley to render an apology for dragging his name through the mud but all proved futile.

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Standing by his words, Mr Ambolley said he needed longer time to apologise because I know that something shady went on when MUSIGA was given the money.

However, Okyeame Kwame has again responded to Mr Ambolley’s claim.

He told Andy Dosty that, I never took that money. I was only taking GH¢200.00 a month for my work and it got to a point I had to give my money to the accountant then.

These things happen sometimes when we are going through life . When I was going to work at MUSIGA, Okraku Mantey told me to stop.

Okyeame Kwame added, this one, its not a problem at all because my lawyers have taken it on. If he doesn’t come to prove we would see where it will get to.

It wasn’t 50,000… my lawyers are on it and we will get to it. I have called him to asked him personally, he said.