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"It's reprehensible. A few hours after collecting information about the incident, I spoke to the editor of the Ghanaian Times. We then asked to officially write to us so that we could discuss with the Minister of the Interior, "said Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah.
He added that the ministry would then engage the police to expedite their investigations, "find the officers responsible and ensure that the necessary disciplinary measures are taken".
"The level of force that police officers are allowed to use is always supposed to be reasonable and for probable reasons, so it is important that this case be reviewed very quickly and that the necessary disciplinary sanctions be applied," the minister added.
The National Media Commission (CNG) has already asked the police administration to act immediately against police officers who had badaulted journalists.
Yaw Boadu-Ayisboafoh, president of the NMC, also asked the police administration to arrest the perpetrators without waiting for the victims to identify the police involved in the act.
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The police administration said it had opened an investigation into a case of badault and traffic accident involving a police officer and Ghanaian Times reporters.
In a statement issued in Accra and signed by Assistant Police Commissioner David Eklu, Director General of Public Affairs, the preliminary information gathered does not indicate that journalists were targeted because of their profession, but rather like a crime of the road. journalists and police.
Meanwhile, the information minister also condemned the recent attack on a police officer by a driver and his mate. He stated that it was unacceptable that anyone attacked a police officer.
— Myjoyonline
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