BY Issah Olegor
Ghanaian comedienne and media personality Afia Schwarzenegger, born Valentina Nana Agyeiwaa, has openly mocked and dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against her by Ghana Gold Board, GoldBod CEO and National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi.
The legal action, filed at the Accra High Court, seeks GH₵10 million in damages for defamatory remarks Schwarzenegger allegedly made during a TikTok Live session.
The suit, filed by Gyamfi’s legal team from Sustineri Attorneys PRUC, cites specific statements made by Schwarzenegger which they argue severely damage their client’s reputation.
In the said video, she accused Gyamfi of buying luxury cars for female students at the University of Ghana and implied financial impropriety linked to his wife’s family. One key excerpt submitted to the court, translated from Asante Twi, quoted Schwarzenegger saying:
“Tell Sammy Gyamfi’s wife that I am greeting her. Her husband is still buying cars for girls in Legon… I am holding the list… Even his wife’s younger sister has bought a house in the US.”
The lawsuit accuses Schwarzenegger of knowingly publishing false and malicious claims that portrayed Gyamfi as morally and financially corrupt.
It seeks GH₵10 million in both general and exemplary damages, a permanent injunction restraining her from making further statements of that nature, and a public retraction and apology published for three consecutive days in the media and on all platforms where the original video was shared.
In response, Afia Schwarzenegger went live again on TikTok and sarcastically congratulated Gyamfi on his expected legal victory.
Taking a phone call during the stream, she instructed the caller to inform her lawyer that she had no intention of making a court appearance.
“Tell Fafa that I, his client whom he wants to defend, am on live, and I have congratulated Sammy Gyamfi. Say ‘Noko Appearance’. I won’t enter. He should win,” she said while laughing.
She further dismissed the validity of the court documents, claiming the address on the writ was not hers, and implied that someone else may have used it under false pretenses.
“The address on the document is not mine. Someone asked me for an address to send a package, and I gave it to them,” she explained.
Toward the end of the video, Afia queried whether she would be compelled to fly back to Ghana to face the case in court, suggesting she had little concern about the proceedings or potential consequences.
Despite her defiant posture, the court has issued an eight-day deadline for Schwarzenegger to respond formally to the lawsuit once she is served with the legal documents. Failure to do so may lead to a default judgment in favour of Sammy Gyamfi.
This legal spat adds to Afia Schwarzenegger’s long history of public feuds and controversial statements, many of which have landed her in legal trouble or drawn public criticism.
Nonetheless, she continues to maintain a loyal online following and uses her platforms to blend satire, gossip, and blunt commentary on political and social issues.
