For once, punish your officers – GJA informs the police of the 3-day aggression by 10 cops | General news

The Ghana Journalists Association has condemned what she described as the "barbaric" badault of three Ghanaian Times journalists by 10 policemen in Kinbu, Accra on Thursday morning.

The GJA asks the police service not only to investigate the matter immediately, but also to "punish for once the perpetrators of such heinous crimes".

Two of the three journalists, Ms. Raissa Sambou Ebu, who has just delivered by caesarean section, are currently admitted to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital for treatment. Malik Sullemana was, however, treated and discharged from the cocoa clinic.

An anonymous policeman carrying an unregistered motorcycle allegedly climbed a red light at Kinbu's fire and allegedly hit an official Ghanaian Times vehicle carrying journalists on a mission.

The officer reportedly refused to stop to check the damage caused by the vehicle despite several signals.

The driver of the Ghanaian Times vehicle then proceeded to block the policeman 's motorcycle a few meters from the scene of the accident.

Mali Sulemana, one of the journalists aboard the Nissan show car, landed and began filming the incident using his cell phone, but that did not happen. pleased the agent and tried to snatch the reporter's cell phone.

However, he failed in his candidacy and angered him. He allegedly hit Sulemana's face as blood ran down his nostril.

Other police officers and a soldier in uniform allegedly joined the journalist's beat, pushing, kicking, slapping and punching him.

Salifu Abdul-Rahaman and Raissa Sambou Ebu, two other journalists on board the vehicle, were also heckled and, meanwhile, Raissa, a woman who was badfeeding, collapsed and was taken to the hospital. Greater Accra Region to be treated.

The police officer then asked Sulemana's mobile phone, and then handcuffed him and took him away in a police vehicle to the police station of the ministries where he was detained for about four hours.

The police reportedly ignored several requests from the reporter to send him to the hospital for medical treatment.

He was then brought outside and asked to write his statement, but he insisted that he do so only when his lawyer was present, which was not good enough for the police who asked suspects. in the cells to beat him up. he was taken back.