{"id":449244,"date":"2017-12-22T08:36:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T08:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/ablakwa-to-sue-ahenkorah-for-calling-him-thief-liar\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T08:36:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T08:36:20","slug":"ablakwa-to-sue-ahenkorah-for-calling-him-thief-liar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/ablakwa-to-sue-ahenkorah-for-calling-him-thief-liar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ablakwa to sue Ahenkorah for calling him thief, liar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/62700135.295.jpg\" alt=\"Okudzeto Samuel98ll\" title=\"Okudzeto Samuel98ll\" width=\"295\" height=\"208\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513931780_535_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> North Tongu MP Samuel Okuidzeto Ablakwa has instructed his lawyers to file a defamation suit against Deputy Trades Minister, Carlos Ahenkorah, for calling him a \u201cthief\u201d and a \u201cliar\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m certain that before the close of day he will received the suit, I want to give him the opportunity to prove all of those things \u2013 he called me a thief, he said that I even stole all my way through education\u2026\u201d Mr Ablakwa told Accra-based Joy FM on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ahenkorah rained insults on Mr Ablakwa in parliament\u2019s lobby a couple of days ago, after barging into an interview session that the North Tongu MP was having with journalists on the $100,000 cash-for-seat scandal.<\/p>\n<p>The confrontation almost ended up in fisticuffs.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak has described as a \u201ccomplete cover-up\u201d, claims by the presidency that there was no wrongdoing in the $100,000 \u2018access fee\u2019 saga.<\/p>\n<p>The Minority has demanded a parliamentary probe into the scandal.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday, the presidency said neither the Ministry of Trade and Industry nor any other official in relation to the alleged payment of $100,000 by expatriates in order to sit at the president\u2019s table at a recent event, did any wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe facts, as reported to the president, do not disclose any wrongdoing on the part of the Minister or any government official,\u201d the statement signed by Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid, said.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added that: \u201cThe President has, therefore, asked the Minister to put those facts before the Ghanaian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs North Tongu MP Samuel Okuidzeto Ablakwa has instructed his lawyers to file a defamation suit against Deputy Trades Minister, Carlos Ahenkorah, for calling him a \u201cthief\u201d and a \u201cliar\u201d. \u201cI\u2019m certain that before the close of day he will received the suit, I want to give him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":409776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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