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The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has expressed its condemnation of the recent attack on Augustine Ahiabor, a reporter for the Angel Broadcasting Network, who was covering the collapse of a private toilet facility in Ashaiman Lebanon Zone Two on May 25, 2023.
In a statement released by the GJA, the association expressed its deep concern and dismay at the callous attack on Mr. Ahiabor, which was allegedly carried out by members of the community who were unhappy with his presence.
The GJA described the attack as a brazen violation of the freedom of the press, and a threat to the safety and security of journalists in Ghana.
The GJA also called on the authorities to take swift and decisive action to bring the perpetrators of the attack to justice, and to ensure that journalists are able to carry out their duties without fear of intimidation or violence.
The association reiterated its commitment to defending and promoting the rights of journalists in Ghana, and called on all stakeholders to join in this effort to safeguard the freedom of the press and protect journalists from harm.
The attack on Augustine Ahiabor is just the latest in a series of incidents in which journalists in Ghana have been targeted for violence and intimidation.
The GJA called for greater awareness and education about the critical role of the media in promoting transparency, accountability, and good governance, and urged all Ghanaians to support and protect journalists in their vital work.
The GJA expressed its solidarity with Mr. Ahiabor and his colleagues at the Angel Broadcasting Network, and called for an end to attacks on journalists in Ghana.
The association also expressed its condolences to the families of those affected by the collapse of the private toilet facility in Ashaiman, and called for urgent action to address the underlying issues that led to this tragic incident.
Source: daily guide network
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a businessman to a jail term of 12 months for bigamy.
Emmanuel Kodjo Narh got married to a nurse resident in the United States while still legally married to his wife in Ghana.
The court presided over by Mrs Christina Cann, however, acquitted Narh on the charge of the threat of harm.
The court noted that the prosecution had been able to prove the offence of bigamy, but they were unable to prove the charge of the threat of harm.
The case of prosecution is that the complainant whose name is withheld is a nurse resident in the USA and a native of Odumase Krobo.
Sometime in June 2015, while the complainant was in the USA, she received a call from her caretaker in Ghana that a road was being constructed on her parcel of land.
The prosecution said the caretaker then provided five phone numbers including Narh’s to the complainant.
It said the complainant called the numbers and Narh introduced himself and promised to address the challenge on the land.
The prosecution said through interactions, the complainant and Narh became friends.
Narh called the complainant daily to check up on her.
In August 2015, Narh proposed to the complainant, but she indicated that since they did not know themselves well and they had not met in person, she would be coming to Ghana for them to talk about the proposal.
The prosecution said on October 26, 2015, the complainant met Narh for the first time on her arrival at the airport.
It said on October 28, 2015, Narh engaged the complainant with a ring and took her to meet his family and some of his workers.
The prosecution said Narh had earlier told the complainant that he had six children with two other women but was married to none of them.
It said the complainant also told Narh that she was also a divorcee.
The prosecution said after the engagement, the complainant went back to the States in November 2015.
It said Narh’s family went to the complainant’s family house for the bridal list and performed the marriage rites in her absence.
The prosecution said the complainant returned to Ghana again and went with Narh to Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly where the marriage was subsequently registered with certificate number LMKMA/MC/2015/18.
It said the complainant later saw another certificate of marriage between Narh and another woman with license number SMC/028/09 dated October 4, 2008.
She confronted Narh on that discovery and indicated that she would no longer continue with the marriage.
On April 24, 2016, the complainant’s ‘rival’ attacked and subjected her to physical abuse because she had taken over her husband.
The prosecution said the matter was reported to the Police at Odumase and Narh’s other wife was arrested.
It said Narh submitted his witness statement indicating that the two women were his wives.
Source:GNA
The Awutu Breku District Police Command has arrested 47-year-old Nicolas Cudjoe for allegedly inflicting cutlass wounds on his friend.
The victim, Efo Kokuvi, 63 was attacked when Nicolas sneaked into his room on Monday night at Kwashie-Amabo in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region.
According to sources, a friend of the assailant gave two packets of roofing sheets to Efo, however, Nicolas went to his house for the goods without his knowledge.
Aggravated by Nicolas’s behaviour, Efo confronted his friend which led to a heated argument.
According to reports, later that night, Nicolas Cudjoe sneaked into Efo’s room and inflict cutlass wounds on him.
The victim Efo Kokuvi has been rushed to Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital for treatment.
The management of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has condemned an attack on a team of Immigration officers on patrol at the Aflao border last night, calling for an end to such acts.
The officers, who were on patrol duties at Beat 6 of the Aflao border, were pelted with stones, resulting in three of them sustaining serious injuries and are currently receiving treatment at the Ketu South Municipal Hospital under stiff security.
The GIS, in a statement signed by its Head of Public Affairs, C/SUPT. Michael Amoako-Atta said while they appreciated the cooperation and support from border residents and citizens, those attacks on officers by some members of the public should stop immediately.
“Management of the Ghana Immigration Service has received with great displeasure the report of an attack on a team of Immigration Officers on patrol duties at Beat 6 of the Aflao border by yet-to-be-identified assaulters at about 2325 hours last night.
“The assaulters were however dispersed by warning shots from the patrol team ahead of the arrival of a reinforcement team of Immigration Officers. One bystander however sustained injuries from a gunshot and is currently responding to treatment.
“We condemn the attack in no uncertain terms and advise border residents of Aflao, commuters and citizens, in general, to consider border officials as people working ultimately for the safety of our motherland," the statement read.
It said the management of GIS would continue to keep a close eye on the situation at Aflao, and all necessary mechanisms would be deployed to keep border security uncompromised.
It called on all Officers, especially at the Aflao Sector Command, to remain resolute and not be deterred by the unfortunate incident.
Source: graphic.com.gh
A 30-year-old man has been beaten to death at Sefwi Ahibenso in the Bodi District of the Western North Region.
Kwadwo Afful, who reportedly sold marijuana (weed), failed to render sales to his boss who had given him the drug to sell.
A report by Adom News revealed that some men in his boss’ circle ganged up on the deceased, subjecting him to severe beatings and leaving his lifeless body on the street of Ahibenso.
Confirming the sad incident to Adom News, the grandfather of Kwadwo Afful, Daniel Kwasi Tawiah explained that he saw a crowd on the street and he proceeded to check what it was about only to find out what had happened to his grandchild.
Mr Tawiah said he immediately informed the police at Bodi who later picked up his grandchild’s body and deposited it at the Juaboso Government Hospital morgue pending investigations.
A resident, who spoke to AdomNews, appealed to the police to arrest the suspects and help bring justice to the family.
He said the arrest and subsequent prosecution will reduce the spate of lawlessness in the area. The suspects are currently at large.
Source: Adomnews
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 40-year-old tile setter for insulting President of the republic of Ghana Nana Akuffo-Addo.
Raphael Okoe Ankrah, also known as Okoe Killer was arrested after police saw a video posted to social media showing the accused using very unsavoury words on the President.
He has since pleaded not guilty to offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace.
The Court presided over by Mr Samuel Bright Acquah, ordered that Ankrah be brought back on May 30, 2023.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Maxwell Oppong told the Court that Ankrah lived in Jamestown.
He said on May 15, 2023, the Police saw a viral video in which the Ankrah was seen insulting the President.
ASP Oppong said the police had to arrest Ankrah because the video was not only vile but had annoyed and agitated the public.
The Police’s Intelligence Directorate tracked Ankrah and arrested him at his hideout at James Town in Accra.
The prosecution said Ankrah admitted the offence in his investigation cautioned statement and was accordingly charged.
Mr Yaw Dankwa, Ankrah’s Defense Counsel who prayed for bail for the accused, said the charge did not support the facts, which he said was political, because his client denied the offence upon his arrest.
He suggested that the said video could have been manipulated and until it was presented and scrutinised in court, his client was innocent of the charges.
Mr Dankwa said Ankrah, a “responsible father” with a wife who had a two-week baby, was not a flight risk.
He said Ankrah had “people of substance” ready to stand surety for him.
The prosecution, opposing the bail, pleaded with the Court to send the accused to the psychiatric hospital as he told police he was not in his right frame of mind.
ASP Oppong said that based on Ankrah’s utterances in the video, he would be safer in police custody because his life was in danger in his community.
On him not being a flight risk, the prosecution said Ankrah was a squatter living in an uncompleted building with no fixed place of abode, but his lawyer said there were no uncompleted buildings in James Town.
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Over 20 students from the Obuasi Senior High Technical School are currently in the grips of the police.
The embattled students had clashed with some residents of Sokoban in the Kumasi Metropolis.
According to an eyewitness, a bus carrying the students from the Baba Yara sports stadium was hit by an object, breaking the side glass window.
The students then went on a rampage, the two people were allegedly attacked; a bus conductor and a hawker.
The condition of the former was on the brink and had to be rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for emergency treatment.
“I saw them get out of their bus and started attacking. They pulled objects and everybody was running helter-skelter. I saw them pounced on my son with blood oozing all over his body” the mother of a victim accounts while she joined scores to mass up at the Ampabame No1 Police station, where the suspects have been kept.
An aged man whose nephew was also attacked would spend the night at the forecourt of the police station until a positive result emerge from the hospital.
“I am not leaving here until I hear my nephew is alive.” The Police refused to comment on the matter.
Meanwhile, police patrol has intensified in Sokoban and Ampabame communities to ensure the smooth passage of students who are returning from the annual Inter-Schools athletes competition being held at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
By uniquenewsgh.com
But for the bravery of an Immigration officer with the Western North Regional Immigration Command, two police officers in uniform would have been beaten to death by an unknown young man at Sefwi Wiawso.
The unfortunate incident happened on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at about 9am at the Anglican Church Park in Sefwi Wiawso in the Western North Region of Ghana.
The attacker was said to have used a club and a pestle to hit the heads of the police officers –an Inspector and a corporal – who fell unconscious in the process.
Bystanders around the scene were scared to get closer and this emboldened the attacker who later attempted to pick the rifle of one of the police officers but the brave Immigration Officer quickly picked the AK 47 rifle.
According to a statement signed by the Acting Western North Regional Commander of the Ghana Immigration Service, ACI Augustus Acheampong, AICO II Nurudeen Abul-Ganiew Takra, stationed at the Western North Immigration Regional Command was the one who rescued the two police officers who were under attack.
It noted that AICO II Nurudeen was returning home from the Sefwi Wiawso town when he noticed some commotion around the Anglican Church Park near the Wiawso District Police Station.
AICO II Nurudeen became curious and approached the scene and saw a police officer of the rank of Inspector lying unconscious on the ground and a Corporal also under attack with his AK 47 rifle on the ground.
The statement said the attacker advanced violently towards Nurudeen with a pestle,
but sensing danger, the Immigration officer fired a warning shot but the attacker did not retreat and kept advancing with the pestle in his hands.
“With extreme caution, Nurudeen shot the attacker’s right thigh to immobilise him. The noise attracted a number of people including Police Officers to the scene who assisted in arresting the attacker,” the statement added.
It added that items retrieved from the attacker included a sharp knife, locally made catapult, and a pestle which he used to attack his victims.
The two police officers and the attacker have since been taken to the Wiawso Municipal Hospital for medical attention. The AK 47 rifle has also been handed over to the Wiawso District Police for further action.
It was later gathered, that the two police officers whose names were not immediately known were detailed to respond to a distress call from the worshippers of the Anglican Church.
The church reported that the unknown person entered the auditorium, attacked the worshippers and inflicted knife wounds on two members so they called the police for assistance.
The Eastern Regional Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Richard Etornam Nyarku popularly known as Blibo has been detained at the Koforidua Central Police Station after a confrontation with the New Juaben South Constituency Youth Organizer Akorley Tei Mensah popularly known as Rolex.
According to sources, the two have always had bad blood as they have never belonged to the same camp in any internal party elections.
It is unclear what triggered the confrontation but the Regional Youth Organizer who was getting into the booth to take his turn and vote was pushed by the constituency youth organizer who accused him of telling delegates at the voting centre to tow a certain line when they receive their ballot paper.
Bilbo who did not take it kindly after Rolex shoved him then replied with a hefty punch which landed on the chin of Rolex sending him straight to the ground.
Rolex who gained consciousness was however prevented by the police personnel and other delegates who were in the hall.
The situation almost degenerated into a free for all fight between supporters of both camps when those outside the hall got the information about what has happened.
Police personnel who acted swiftly moved Richard Etornam to the Central Police Station where he’s currently being detained.
The District Court in Tamale presided over by his Worship Amadu Issifu, has slapped a GH¢3,600 fine on former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Northern regional communications officer, Hardi Pagzaa and one Mumuni Osman for assaulting a Radio Presenter of Dagbon Radio in Tamale.
The two who on Monday 8 May, were arrested and kept in police custody for two days appeared before the court on Wednesday.
The accused persons who were charged on four counts pleaded guilty to all charges.
The charges include; Conspiracy to Commit Crime to wit Assault, Assault, Unlawful entry, and Threat of Death.
The 4th Count of Threat of Death was however later withdrawn by the Prosecution.
The defence counsel told the court that the accused persons have shown remorse and prayed for a non-custodial sentence.
Before his ruling, the Judge cautioned the defendants not to repeat such unlawful acts. He further urged hosts of political shows and their guests to be circumspect in their pronouncements and actions.
The magistrate noted that such acts have the tendency of igniting conflicts, citing the Rwanda genocide and its devastating impact on citizens as an example.
The court then sentenced the accused person to a fine of 300 penalty units, amounting to 3,600 or in default, serve 18 months in prison.
On May 3, a radio presenter with a Tamale-based Dagbon FM, Sadiq Gariba was assaulted verbally and physically by a former NDC Northern Regional Communications Officer, Hardi Pagzaa during a live radio program.
In a video that went viral on social media, Mr. Pagzaa and Osman were seen storming the studio of Dagbon FM. The two men held up the presenter who was at the point hosting a show and threatened to slap him if he makes a comment.
The incident happened on World Press Freedom Day.
The host then stood up and in the process went out of the studio with the attackers.
A Tamale District Court presided by His Worship Amadu Issifu, Today Wednesday convicted Hardi Pagazaa and Mumuni Osman after they had pleaded guilty to all three charges against them.
They were convicted by the court for attacking a journalist of a Tamale-based Dagbon FM at the studios of the radio station in the Northern region.
The two were both charged with conspiracies to commit crimes worth assault, assault, and unlawful entry. The court through His Worship Amadu sentenced both convicts to pay a fine of GHS300 penalty units amounting to Ghs3,600 to the State or in default serve 18 months in prison.
However, the fourth charge/count of threat of death was withdrawn by the Prosecution.
This comes after Hardi Pagazaa and Mumuni Osman both members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) stormed the studios of the radio station and attacked a Journalist, Sadiq Abubakari Gariba, while he was presenting his show at the studios of the radio station.
The government had condemned the attack on the journalists by a former regional communications officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and his allies and urged the police to launch a swift investigation into the matter to ensure justice was served for the Journalist.
“The Ministry condemns the act and urges The Ghana Police Service and relevant agencies to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators,” a statement issued by Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah on Thursday, May 4 said.
“Attacks on journalists should not be countenanced. Severe and speedy response from law enforcement agencies is necessary to prevent copy-cat acts and maintain Ghana’s status in upholding press freedom.”
The convicts
Former Deputy Information Minister Felix Kwakye Ofosu is very hot following the arrest of three of his supporters in Abura Asebu Kwamankese in the Central Region of Ghana.
The members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who are are supporters of the Kwakye Ofosu in his quest to represent the opposition party in the constituency went on rampage last Friday May 5, 2023 disrupting the campaign of his main contender in the upcoming NDC parliamentary primaries Prof. Nana Ama Brown Klutse.
They destroyed the campaign vehicle of Kwakye Ofosu's main contender for NDC race who doubles as a lecturer at the University of Cape Coast when she was on campaign mission in Moree.
The supporters of Kwakye Fosu pelted the vehicle and other items with stones and damaged the windscreen and other parts.
Information gathered indicates that three of the rampaging supporters of Ofosu Kwakye were arrested by the police to assist with investigations.
They were later granted bail after Kwakye Ofosu allegedly showed up at the police station and signed for them.
The supporters misconducted themselves and caused the illegality when there was a misinformation that the National Organiser of the party, Joseph Yamin was in the constituency to campaign for the lecturer who is the main contender of Ofosu in the upcoming NDC parliamentary primaries.
Interestingly, Joseph Yamin was nowhere close to Moree when the incident occurred.
According to the national organiser of the NDC, he was not even in the Central Region at the time and stated that the last time he visited the region was for parliamentary vetting on April 4, 2023.
He expressed shock at about the reports and emphasised that he always informs regional executives of his presence before any visit.
“As I am speaking with you, I am in Sunyani and on an official assignment and so how was I attacked in Moree when I have never been to that region for some weeks now? Myself, when I heard the reports, I was surprised and wonder who came up with such baseless reports to tarnish my image,” Joseph Yamin told Accra based Adom FM after the incident occurred.
He also revealed receiving calls from Central Region executives regarding the attack and his alleged involvement in the confusion, which he denied.
“Around 11pm, I received calls from an executive in the constituency saying they have been attacked and that they were mentioning my name of being part and being the cause which I still don’t understand. For the past four months, I have never driven a pick up.
“Anytime I’m embarking on a journey in a region, I deal with the regional executives and inform them about my presence and so why will people name me as part of the confusion when I am not even in that region?” he questioned.
Source: daily guide network
Two individuals have reportedly been lynched over accusations of witchcraft at Zakplasi, a farming community in the Mion district of the Northern Region of Ghana.
The victims: Imoro Safura a mother of seven children believed to be in her forties and Mbaa Chirfo a man also believed to be in his sixties were accused of practicing witchcraft.
The incident which happened in the early hours of Sunday, May 7 ,has received condemnation from a cross-section of the public.
According to sources in the Zakpalsi community, Imoro Safura was chased and lynched at the forecourt of the Zakpalsi Chief palace where she run to seek refuge while Mbaa Chirfo was killed at his own residence.
The report added that two were accused of ‘buying’ sickness for a woman in the community after a soothsayer consulted by the woman's family was called to confirm.
Meanwhile, the Northern Regional Reintegration Committee on Witchcraft Accusation and Disbandment of Alleged Witches Camps has condemned the barbaric lynching of the two persons .
Addressing a press conference in Tamale, the group described the act as an affront to human rights especially as Ghana has signed onto a number of international human rights conventions including CEDAW.
The Police have today, 8th May, 2023, arrested the two people who allegedly attacked Abubakari Sadiq, a presenter with the Dagbon FM in Tamale, while he was hosting a programme at the station on 3rd May, 2023.
Following the attack, the Police visited the scene but the suspects had bolted.
A video footage of the incident was obtained to aid the investigation, the Police said in a statement.
The suspects, Iddrisu Hardi alias Pagaaza and Mumuni Osman are in custody assisting investigation and will be put before court, the statement added.
Mr Iddrisu Hardi Pagazaa, a former deputy northern regional communications officer of the NDC and Mumuni Osman were reported to the police for storming the studios of Dagbon FM in the Northern Region on Wednesday, 3 May 2023, which coincidentally was World Press Freedom Day, to attack and assault Abubakar Sadiq Gariba, the host of an evening political talk show on Dagbon102.5 FM in the Northern Region, which belongs to the Class Media Group.
The live on-air attack happened between 8:30 pm and 9 pm.
Narrating what happened ,, Sadiq Gariba said the attack on him followed his earlier condemnation, on his show, of the exploitation of the Abudu-Andani chieftaincy crisis in Dagbon by some politicians including his attacker.
He said his assailant, who is alleged to be a member of Sagnarigu MP A.B.A. Fuseini’s campaign team, had earlier said on another radio station that “I should be the last person to advise him on communication because my communication can be compared to that of his daughter”.
“So, when I got to my show, I played the tape and said: ‘OK, whether my communication can be compared to that of the daughter or not, I will not discuss the substance of this issue because this guy, before making that statement about me, said something that I found to be false and anybody who is not credible is not worth being discussed on my show and, so, I will not discuss this tape on my show’, then I just switched to my topic of the day”, he said.
The radio host said: “Immediately he [Pagazar] walked into the studio, he came straight to me to attack; he didn’t ask of anything, he came straight to me to attack. He came and held my shirt, and squeezed it to my neck and the other colleague he came in with also held my shirt on the other side and they both squeezed it and pushed me to the wall and that colleague said if I should open my mouth, he will knock me and went ahead to tell me that if I don’t stop mentioning Hardi Pagazaa on your, he’ll kill me”.
Asked if he knew the gentleman who threatened to kill him, Saddique Gariba said: “I don’t know the gentleman’s name”.
A.B.A Fuseini disowns assailant.
When contacted , Mr A.B.A. Fuseini said he only knows the assailant as “a member of the NDC”, and described as “absolutely trash”, any reported association with him in any way whatsoever.
“He’s not even on my campaign team let alone being my campaign manager”, Mr Fuseini denied, adding: “He has nothing to do with my campaign. He doesn’t hold any position in my campaign”.
He empathised with the victim and condemned the attack.
“Let me first and foremost express regret at anybody who harasses a journalist. I’ve been a journalist for over three decades and I am the first to uphold the inalienable rights and freedoms of journalists to work in an environment that is conducive to the carrying out of their professional duties”, he sympathised, noting: “So, I will be the last person to even think remotely about anything that will impede the work of journalists”.
“So, if any such incident happened to anybody, that person has my unqualified sympathies and support and I want to make it unequivocally clear that I condemn in no uncertain terms, any attempt by anybody to impede the work of journalists let alone harass or intimidate journalists”.
The lawmaker suspects the links being drawn between him and the alleged assailant are a product of his detractors.
“The issue that is being raised and associating it with me is just some propaganda that some people are trying to claw back something because they are losing the contest in the constituency because there is no such association”, he said.
Mr Fuseini insisted the assailant “doesn’t occupy any position, he’s not a member of my campaign team and he doesn’t occupy any position in my campaign, so, you can talk about the gentleman and his conduct but not in his association with me A.B.A Fuseini, never”. Meanwhile, the Ghana Journalist Association and the Ministry of Information have condemned the act and called on the police to arrest the culprits.
Source: Classfmonline.com
The son of a landlord has allegedly butchered a toddler after he had an altercation with the child’s father who is a tenant in their house.
The suspect who has only been identified as Emmanuel also inflicted machete wounds on the deceased’s father and sister and the two are currently in critical conditions at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
According to eyewitnesses, Mr Obed Asamoah who is the father of the toddler had just returned from work when his now-deceased son who has been identified as Samuel Amo rushed to welcome him.
The father then carried him and was heading to his room when they were both accosted by the landlord’s son who was wielding a machete.
Without any provocation, the suspect who's been only identified as Emmanuel picked an argument with Mr Asamoah and during the altercation, the suspect reportedly started inflicting machete wounds on both the toddler and father.
According to eyewitnesses, the suspect then attacked the toddler’s sister who rushed to the scene to check on her father and little brother who were both lying helplessly on the ground.
The three ( the father and his two children) were rushed to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital but unfortunately the toddler, Samuel Amo was pronounced dead on arrival.
he mother of the deceased, Janet Owusuwaa who is totally devastated by the incident told reporters that the suspect went into hiding following the incident but has now been apprehended and is in police custody assisting with investigations.
Happened in Holland park. 3 youths going around mugging people for their phones two were caught..
This was in #Manchester city
A man was left injured after a fight involving a 'large knife' broke out in Manchester city centre on Wednesday evening (April 19).
Police were called to the reports of the fight between two men on Corporation Street, close to Exchange Square, at around 6.15pm. It is thought one of the men was armed with a weapon, believed to be a large knife. One man sustained minor injuries in the incident.
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