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Mr Francis Ameyibor, a Chief Reporter of the Ghana News Agency (GNA), has asked Dr Felix Anyah of Holy Trinity Spa and Health Farm, Sogakofe, to withdraw and apologise to him for libellous statements made against him within seven days or be sued. A letter dated December 21, 2009 written to Dr Anyah by Nana Oye Lithur, counsel for Mr Ameyibor, said: "You are hereby notified, and notice is being given to you, that my client intends to sue you for your libellous statements and for casting a slur on his hard won reputation. "You are hereby requested, within seven days of this letter, and through the same medium by which you placed the advertiser's announcement, to withdraw and apologise for the libellous statements made against my client." Dr Anyah had claimed in the advertiser's announcement that Mr Ameyibor demanded GH�5,000 from Holy Trinity Medical Centre to "kill" a negative story he had covered from the Majority Leader, Mr Alban Bagbin. Mr Ameyibor has firmly denied the claim of Dr Anyah saying he never called Dr Anyah to demand the money. He also says he has never at any time spoken with Dr Anyah on telephone and described the statements made against him as "false, libellous and malicious". Mr Ameyibor stresses that after covering the launch of the Ghana Tourist Guide at the Kofi Annan ICT Centre, he wrote a story about Mr Bagbin expressing dissatisfaction about the services of the Holy Trinity Spa at Sogakofe. The story was submitted to the sub-editors for editing by 1800 hours on November 23 and it was edited and transmitted to GNA's local and international subscribers at 1900 hours on the same day. "It is therefore not possible that our client would have made a demand for GH�5,000 that was received by him by 2200 hours on Monday November, 23, 2009...."