{"id":385381,"date":"2017-12-22T06:15:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T06:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=385381"},"modified":"2017-12-22T06:31:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T06:31:33","slug":"ablakwa-rejects-ahenkorahs-apology-threatens-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/ablakwa-rejects-ahenkorahs-apology-threatens-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Ablakwa rejects Ahenkorah\u2019s apology, threatens suit"},"content":{"rendered":"
National Democratic Congress [NDC] Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has turned down Deputy Trade Minister, Carlos Ahenkorah\u2019s apology, threatening to clear his name in court.<\/p>\n
The two MPs got into a heated argument in Parliament over the controversial Ghana Expatriate Business Awards, following claims by the Minority that government charged $100,000 from expatriates to make them sit close to the President.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”lGvLCm4HhSD2EzWqw0wNFeefOFulgVo8″]Even though Mr. Ahenkorah, who called the\u00a0Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs a “thief and a liar” subsequently apologized on Accra-based Peace FM, Mr. Ablakwa says he does not regard the apology.<\/p>\n
He told Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Sixtus Dong Ullo that he will be heading to Court to clear his name.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to place on record that I have not received any apology from Mr. Carlos Ahenkorah. I have no apology. That audio making the rounds, I do not consider that an apology and my lawyers have already advised that I take up the matter and bring a defamation suit against him which we are proceeding in earnest. We have him a perfect and golden opportunity to come to the court and prove that indeed I am a thief. I have already issued an instruction to my lawyers and the processes are underway.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Ahenkorah clashed with Mr. Ablakwa in Parliament, after he felt the MP was besmirching the Akufo-Addo government with corruption allegations during an interview he was having with journalists.<\/p>\n Mr. Ablakwa had previously called on the Trade Ministry to apologize to President Nana Akufo-Addo and repay the monies to the expatriates, saying the incident had tainted the presidency.<\/p>\n