If the demands made by Johnnie Hughes of TV3 are any indication to go by, then President Akufo-Addo's lawyers may file a lawsuit against Al Jazeera, the Arabic media giants, for allegedly undermining the highest seat of the Republic of Ghana.

Alistair Matthias, a gold merchant, said in an Al Jazeera investigative report that Nana Akufo-Addo, the President of Ghana, is his friend and lawyer.

Al Jazeera identified a group of criminals responsible for billions of dollars' worth of gold smuggling and money laundering in Southern Africa in its documentary dubbed, Gold Mafia.

The people behind this gold smuggling organization, however, have extensive business networks that span the continent and operate in numerous other nations, including Ghana.

Undercover journalists posed as Chinese criminals asked Alistair Mathias to assist them in repurchasing money from China. Alistair Mathias was described by the investigative reporters as a financial architect who creates money laundering strategies for dishonest politicians.

In an effort to reach an agreement with the undercover reporters, he claimed that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is both his friend and lawyer.

Alistair had previously admitted to smuggling $40 million in gold from Ghana each month, totaling $480 million in gold annually.

"The president of Ghana is a good friend of mine. In actuality, he was my lawyer," Mathias was heard stating.

During a discussion of the matter on the Johnnie's Bite segment on 3FM morning show, the host Johnnie Hughes criticized the legal team of President Akufo-Addo over their silence with Al Jazeera for airing a documentary that questioned the character of Ghana's President.

He urged Kow Essumang Esq., one of the lawyers of President Akufo-Addo to act quickly to address the accusations.

The outspoken broadcaster questioned why Kow Essumang did not mention Al Jazeera in his post on Twitter claiming that the President had no connection to Alistair Matthias but only asked the public to disregard his claims.

"Good morning Counselor, please I want to find out from you why you couldn't tag Al Jazeera in your tweet?" Johnnie questioned in Fantse as monitored by Ghanaguardian.com.

Johnnie continued by pointing out that Al Jazeera was the source of the investigative piece, and that in refuting the claims made against Akufo-Addo, he [Lawyer Kow Essumang] ought to have criticized the international television network for its work, if he is indeed convinced that the President has nothing to do with the gold trader.

Mr. Johnnie Hughes chastised Lawyer Kow Essumang for not issuing a formal statement to refute the accusations or writing to Al Jazeera to express the Presidency's displeasure with their conduct.

"...And as a lawyer, an international lawyer of that nature, why didn't you issue an official statement, because in one of the stories that have been making the rounds, we are told that Al Jazeera actually made a request on the presidency to give some information as to wether they had any dealings with this Alistair Matthias; and the confirmation is that the President does not even remember if he ever represented him.

"So if that understanding and admission by Al Jazeera is still there, and they still go ahead to publish this libelous or drag the President's name in the mud, you as the President's counsel, you hold the duty to take them on in a competent court of jurisdiction," he fired.

Meanwhile, Guldrest Resources Company Limited (Ghana), the firm in the center of the undercover work has described as "spurious and a bunch of untruths”, and thus threatened a lawsuit against Al Jazeera.