{"id":449301,"date":"2017-12-22T12:49:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T12:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/ablakwa-to-sue-ahenkorah-for-defamation\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T12:49:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T12:49:32","slug":"ablakwa-to-sue-ahenkorah-for-defamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/ablakwa-to-sue-ahenkorah-for-defamation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ablakwa to sue Ahenkorah for defamation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 22 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-22<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\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>MP for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa<\/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\/1513946972_913_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The former deputy Education Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has stated that he will file a defamation suit against the deputy Trade Ministry Carlos Ahenkorah.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ahenkorah launched a scathing attack on his colleague MP in the wake of the $100, 000 expats saga, calling the North Tongu MP a pathological liar and a thief.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Trade Minster has since apologized for his actions through the media. But Mr. Ablakwa has rejected the apology, asking Mr. Ahenkorah to meet him in court with evidence to his claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to state for the record that I have not received any apology from Mr. Ahenkorah\u2026I have advised my lawyers to sue him to proceed with a defamation suit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be a perfect opportunity for Mr, Ahenkorah to come to the court and prove all the allegations he made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ablakwa was in near fisticuffs with Mr. Ahenkora on Tuesday in Parliament after the latter crashed into the former\u2019s interview on the expat\u2019s extortion brouhaha.<\/p>\n<p>In the middle of the interview with Starr News\u2019 Parliamentary Correspondent, Ibrahim Alhassan, Mr. Ahenkora budged in taunting the North Tongu lawmaker describing him as pathological liar.<\/p>\n<p>Narrating the incident to Starrfmonline.com from parliament, Ibrahim stated that Mr. Ahenkora had to be restrained by his colleagues while Mr. Ablakwa was whisked away by the Member of Parliament for Tamale North Alhassan Suhuyini to avoid a full blown melee.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGhanaHomePage%2Fvideos%2F1740609526016438%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\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>General News of Friday, 22 December 2017 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2017-12-22 MP for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa The former deputy Education Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has stated that he will file a defamation suit against the deputy Trade Ministry Carlos Ahenkorah. 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