Ahmed to death: your game or your danger is looming – Ofosu Ampofo in the government

General News of Saturday, January 19th, 2019

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2019-01-19

Samuel Ofosu Ampofu, National President of the National Democratic Congress, warned the government against justice in the case of the murdered undercover journalist, Ahmed Hussein-Suale, on pain of serious consequences.

According to him, recent deaths are one too many to be taken lightly or danced. Citing the deaths of the Ghana Water Company Ltd., officials of the ports and costumes of Ghana and Tiger Eye, he said that aggrieved parties could be forced to do justice themselves to seek justice if the various stakeholders stayed out or trivialized the problems.

"We are dismayed by recent developments and killings that have taken place. For about two weeks, a senior officer of the Ghana Company Limited has been murdered. Just last week, Ghana's director of public affairs was murdered and yesterday, this investigative journalist was murdered in such a bizarre way. way. We believe that these are very worrying signs for the security of the country and that the country's security is entrusted to the president, who is the commander-in-chief of Ghana's armed forces. We hold the president accountable for our safety. is in his hands

"The responsibility lies with the police. The police and other security agencies have the responsibility to protect the citizens of the country, and when such situations occur, we expect the police to investigate and ensure that the guilty parties have the evidence. . I said that the deputy sitting in Parliament had been murdered, until now, no idea, several people died, including leaders including journalists, including public officers, and so on ".

"If we do not pay attention, people will lose confidence in the security system. If people lose confidence in these systems and decide to do justice to themselves, we will have a problem. That's why we urge the government to appeal. to the government that they need to improve their game, "he said in an exclusive interview with Ghanaweb after Ahmed Suale's funeral on Friday.

Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo emphasized the consequences of such acts on journalism and the ability to defend the truth. According to him, this amounts to intimidation, which will ultimately jeopardize journalism and mental health in the country.

"Today, if you can not feel safe when driving on highways, you can have security at home, in your office, but even in traffic jams, you can get shot by motorcycles, then everyone is in danger »

"It has its own ramifications, because we know that Tiger Eye is a good job, they are doing international work not only in Ghana, and we know that their investigation into this football scandal has brought about reforms not only in Ghana, but also in the entire African continent and so this is something we need to do; Protect journalists, especially investigative journalists like the one who has pbaded away now, if not, if the Intimidation and these tactics are adopted against these journalists and that journalism dies, we have problems.

Ahmed Hussein-Suale was buried Friday after being hit in the chest and neck three times by unknown badailants on Wednesday night. Mr. Suale who, until his death, was a key member of the investigative journalist, the Anas Aremeyaw Anas team left 8 children and two widows.

Meanwhile, Josephine Asante, Marketing and Public Affairs Manager of the Ghana Ports and Habits Authority, was also murdered Sunday night at her home in Tema by unidentified people.