Actress Selassie Ibrahim Threatens Court Action Over $92M Report

Lawyers of Ghanaian actress Selassie Ibrahim and her Smarttys Management have threatened to sue media houses which reported a supposed $92 Million contract under the National Electrification Project in connection to their client.
It was reported by citifmonline.com on Monday, March 14 that “Ghanaian firm, Smarttys Management and Production Limited, has been caught up in yet another case of an alleged contract overpricing in the execution of a national electrification project.

In the latest episode, the company, which has come under intense pressure for overpricing the branding of some 116 Metro Mass Transit Buses, is at the centre of a $92m dollar National Electrification Project found to have been overpriced by some nine million dollars.”

In a press statement signed by Mr. Kissi Agyeman, a managing partner of Cromwell Gray LPP, disassociated their client from the execution of any such contract between the government of Ghana and the other indicated party, China Human Construction Engineering Group.
Read full pres statement below:

STAR FM
PRESS STATEMENT
IN RE:
SMARTTYS MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
SELASSIE IBRAHIM
OUR ATTENTION HAS BEEN DRAWN TO MEDIA  REPORTS MISCHIEVOUSLY ASSOCIATING OUR CLIENTS, SELASSIE IBRAHIM AND SMARTTYS MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTIONS LIMITED WITH A SUPPOSED $92M CONTRACT UNDER THE NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT.
OUR CLIENTS DISASSOCIATE THEMSELVES FROM THE EXECUTION OF ANY SUCH CONTRACT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA AND THE OTHER INDICATED PARTY, CHINA HUNAN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING  GROUP OR ANY SUCH ENTITY. OUR CLIENTS ARE NOT PARTIES TO THE CONTRACT AS REPORTED IN SECTIONS OF THE MEDIA.
OUR CLIENTS HAVE, WHEN REQUESTED AT VARIOUS TIMES PROVIDED MERELY PUBLIC RELATIONS SERVICES FOR CHINA HUNAN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING GROUP.
THIS DOES NOT ELEVATE OUR CLIENTS TO THE STATUS OF PARTIES TO THE CONTRACT EXECUTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA.
TAKE NOTE THAT WE HAVE THE FULL INSTRUCTIONS OF OUR CLIENTS TO INSTITUTE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ANY PERSON AND MEDIA HOUSE THAT PERSISTS IN THE PUBLICATION OR REPUBLICATION OF THE CLEARLY DEFAMATORY AND DAMAGING MEDIA REPORT.
INDEED, WE ARE FILING SUIT PROMPTLY AGAINST THE MEDIA HOUSES THAT CARRIED THE UNFORTUNATE UNTRUTH MASQUERADING AS A VERIFIED STORY.
KISSI AGYEBENG
Managing Partner
Cromwell Gray LLP
14 March 2016