The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyepong has been sued by a mining company for defamation.

Mr. Agyepong, according to the suit made some defamatory comments about C &G Aleska Company Limited, a mining company in the Western Region, on an Accra-based Net 2 TV station owned by the lawmaker.

According to the statement presented to the court by C &G Aleska Company Limited, Mr Agyepong accused them of destroying and degrading farmlands.

C &G Aleska Company Limited maintains the utterances by the Assin Central lawmaker has gravely injured their business and reputation is, therefore, demanding Ghc20,000,000 for general damages for slander spoken and published by Mr. Agyapong.

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