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Kojo Mills, a nephew of President John Evans Atta Mills, has denied owning any Aston Martin DBS vehicle, as reported by the New Statesman edition of Monday, October 3, 2011. Kojo Mills, son of Dr Cadman Mills, speaking on a number of radio stations, described the publication as �completely false�, adding: �this is just, in my mind, cheap journalism and dirty politics.� Describing the publication as �a ridiculous story", Kojo Mills threatened to institute a legal action against the New Statesman, stressing that he does not consider it a worthwhile venture to spend a sum of $285,000 on a vehicle. �I have just much better uses for money. My entire family is the same way, we would rather use that kind of money to educate people or donate it to charity, never to buy a car. It�s absolutely pointless,� he said on Accra based Radio Gold. �I intend to sue The [New] Statesman and I will be suing The [New] Statesman for libel and damaging my reputation. You know it�s obviously being done to attack the president and his family and his administration. As said before, it is dirty politics,� he lamented. According to Kojo Mills, he had not been using an Audi vehicle as claimed by the paper, adding that the said Audi is rather for his wife, and that he drives a Jeep Wrangler. Asked if he had ever driven an Aston Martin, Kojo Mills maintained he was yet to even see a photo of the car he is alleged to have bought. He also said he holds no official position in the government and does no business for it, and while he is a self-made business person, the insinuation by the publication that he has taken money from his father, Cadman Mills, who is a member of the ruling government, is absolutely ridiculous. Meanwhile, Editor of the New Statesman, Kwabena Amankwah, has welcomed the admonition from Kojo Mills for journalists to refrain from needlessly assassinating the character of people just to advance their partisan political interest. He told Accra based Joy FM yesterday the paper believed in it source in South Africa that gave them the story, adding that the subsequent editions of the paper will revisit the issue. On the issue of the intended legal action against the paper, Mr Amankwah said: �If Kojo Mills wants to take us to court, it is his right and we can�t prevent him from doing so. This is not the first time a paper has received a threat of court action against it.�