10 uniformed police beat 3 journalists in Accra for no reason



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On Thursday, March 14, 2019, a group of police officers brutally badaulted three journalists from the Ghanaian Times newspaper.

According to a report by Graphic Online, the journalists were badaulted by 10 police officers while they were on a mission.

The attacked journalists were identified as Malik Sullemana, a court reporter, Raissa Sambou, a general journalist, and Salifu Abdul Rahman, deputy editor.

Police attack three journalists for no reason

Raissa Sambou, a badfeeding mother, was rushed to the hospital Ridge Hospital. Source: GraphicOnline.com
Source: UGC

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According to reports, one of the police officers using an unregistered motorcycle reportedly hit the car carrying journalists from the Ghanaian Times.

The officer allegedly ignored the accident and went further by avoiding traffic.

The journalists then tried to record the ensuing exchanges, but their actions irritated the police officers who seized them and physically badaulted them.

Two of the reporters received serious bruises, while Ms. Sambou, a badfeeding mother, was rushed to the Ridge Hospital Emergency Unit.

Police attack three journalists for no reason

Malik Sullemana, a court reporter. Source: GraphicOnlie.com
Source: UGC

Malik Sullemana, one of the badaulted journalists, said that he had been "pushed, kicked, slapped, beaten, insulted and hit on the head".

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He added that they were then arrested after being badaulted, explaining:At the office, they asked to take my statement, but I insisted to write my statement only in the presence of my lawyer. As a result, they sent me back to the cell and urged the detainees to beat me up.

Sullemana added: "Some S. Nukunu who was at the counter hit me on the back several times. Moments later, ACP David Eklu, director of public affairs for the Ghanaian police, Effia Tenge DSP, public relations officer for the Greater Accra police, arrived in the company of lower-ranking police officers. David Agbenu, editor-in-chief of the Ghanaian Times, and Matthew Ayinne Ayoo, editor-in-chief of News, were waiting at the crime bureau. "

It is after that, he said, that he was released and handed a police form for treatment in a hospital.

Meanwhile, the Ghana Association of Journalists (GJA) demanded immediate investigation and punishment of the police officers who tried themselves and brutalized the journalists.

"We call on the police administration to promptly open investigations into the incident and, for once, to punish the perpetrators of such heinous crimes,"GJA said in a statement i

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