Claim: Ukrainian agency Brandcom has threatened to sue the New Patriotic Party (NPP), demanding $280,000 for unpaid campaign services

Source: Media Reports

Verdict: False

Researched by Samuel Nii Adjetey

Foreign news websites, including AllAfrica, South Africa Today, and MSN.com, reported that a Ukrainian agency, Brandcom is demanding $280,000 from Ghana’s main opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), over campaign-related services rendered during the 2024 elections.

According to the article first published by allAfrica.com on July 31, 2025, Brandcom claims to have executed a coordinated social media smear campaign targeting then opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate John Mahama, but that it was not paid in full for the services after the party’s defeat.

The publication also indicated that Brandcom was engaged in the creation of fake social media accounts, memes, and videos aimed at discrediting Mahama’s campaign. According to the publication, the claims by the agency were contained “in a pre-litigation notice issued by Brandcom.”

GhanaFact monitored that two of the news websites – South Africa Today and MSN.com, attributed their story to allAfrica.com. Meanwhile allAfrica.com also attributed the source of the article to Washington-based InfoWire.

The allAfrica.com portal identifies itself “as a voice of, by and about Africa – aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from over 110 African news...

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