It has emerged that the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lower Manya Krobo constituency in the Eastern Region, Ebenezer Okletey Tei-Larbi, who filed a defamation suit against the former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area, Isaac Agbo Tetteh, over cocaine dealing allegations would not be smiling to the bank after all, at least not for now.
This is because, the former MCE has, through the court processes, filed his defence to the suit against him at the Human Rights Court.
Speaking in an interview with the DAILY HERITAGE yesterday, the former Chief Executive for the area explained that the matter has not been concluded yet and that his lawyers have filed for the case to be transferred to Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital on jurisdictional grounds.
This paper has gathered that the back and forth between the two leading National Democratic Congress (NDC) bigwigs is getting out of hand because the MP has refused to heed to incessant calls from leading functionaries of the party for an out-of- court settlement.
The paper is also reliably informed that the national chairman and deputy general secretary, Kofi Portuphy and Kofi Adams respectively are aware of the fracas and have impressed upon the MP to withdraw the case from court and use the party structures for redress.
The Lower Manya Traditional Council has also written to the MP to withdraw the case from court for an amicable solution.
The NDC MP filed a GH¢ 2 million law suit against the former MCE for the area over allegations that the MP was linked to a cocaine case that led to the arrest of one David Tettey Kwame, at the Kotoka International Airport during a swoop by security officials for allegedly attempting to smuggle huge consignments of a substance believed to be cocaine.
The MP sued the former MCE at an Accra Fast Track High Court over what he described as defamatory comments made against him by the former MCE.
The former MCE was alleged to have leveled the allegations against the MP on Television Africa and other media houses.
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