Former Deputy General Secretary of the (NDC), Samuel , has threatened to sue investigative journalist Manasseh Azure over what he termed defamatory content written about him in the book "The Fourth John: Reign, Rejection and Rebound".

According to , Manasseh claimed that he was more powerful than the then Vice President, John Dramani Mahama, during Koku's tenure as the Head of Communications and Presidential Spokesperson under the late former President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills-a claim he has vehemently denied.

In a series of social media posts on March 25, 2025, he stated, "Manasseh Azure should be ready for my next suit because of what he wrote about me in his book. "Manasseh Azure interviewed me for a book he said he was writing.

He asked me questions, and I answered him.