Newly-elected NPP MP To Sue

The newly-elected NPP MP in Amenfi West constituency Mrs. Agnes Sonful, has threatened to file a suit against an NDC activist who allegedly made negative remarks against her relative.

The NDC activist, Yaw Nsowah, reportedly made derogatory remarks against a member of the MP's Aduana family who voted for her during the April 24 bye-election in Amenfi West, but died two days later.

According to a family source, when Yaw Nsowah learnt that the late MP's relative, Mr. Asmah, had died, he told the gathered crowd that the late Asmah died because he voted for the NPP and for that matter Mrs. Sonful and that he (Yaw Nsowah) would have been happier if another cousin of hers, Dominic Arthur, who stood solidly behind Mrs. sonful in her campaign had also died.

Unknown to the NDC activist, two sisters of the newly-elected MP were present and quickly reacted to the remarks. A fight nearly ensued but for the timely intervention of an elder of the town which prevented the 'bloody war".

As a result, the funeral preparation for the late Asmah were halted but the Abusuapanin of the Aduana family pleaded with his people to suspend the case till after the burial.

Meanwhile, the newly elected MP was out of town to attend the burial and the final funeral rites of the late John Asmah, the husband of Mrs. Gladys Asmah, MP for Takoradi and Minister for Women and Children Affairs.

Mrs. Sonful, upon hearing the news on her return to Asankragwa, told her family members that she would go all out and file a suit against the NDC activist to bring all insinuations and castigations against her and the family to a halt.

All efforts to get the MP's side of the story proved futile as she was said to be touring her constituency to thank those who voted for her. The situation has set tongues waging in Asankragwa as to why the MP cannot forget about the issue and concentrate on her new career but rather wage a legal battle against an ordinary NDC supporter.

In another development, the uncle of the late Asmah, Asamoah Bandah a.k.a. "Othelo", who threatened to kill one Dr. Osei Kofi of the Asankragwa Catholic hospital, is believed to be back in Asankragwa but walking as a free man, upon hearing that his brother Anthony Asamah was dead. No effort has been made by the Asankragwa police to arrest him.