I have received death threats from someone who speaks ‘impeccable English’

General news for Sunday January 3, 2021

Source: Peace FM

01/03/2021

Veteran journalist Kwesi Pratt Jnr has revealed that he recently received death threats from someone who spoke “impeccable English”.

Some journalists before and after the December 7 poll received death threats and attacks from unknown people.

Topping the list are Afia Pokua, aka Vim Lady of Despite Media, the host of the Accra-based Angel FM morning show, Captain Smart, investigative reporter Manasseh Azure Awuni and GTV reporter Abdul Hayi. Moomen.

Describing the phenomenon as unfortunate, the editor of Insight newspaper recounted how he had also received death threats from a number 0508590799.

“I got a call last week from someone who spoke impeccable English and he said I looked like the embodiment of the devil and that people like me should be eliminated. He said I looked like the devil and that people like me shouldn’t be alive. It was my crime, I just voiced my opinion. Even under Emperor Bokassa, these things were not happening, “he said. fulminated.

Kwesi Pratt, who was at a panel discussion on Panafrican TV’s Good Morning Africa, added: “I have seen personalities sitting on television threatening to kill … it’s scary and the police did not invite them. The level of impunity is shocking; it doesn’t even happen in a banana republic “

Meanwhile, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah instructed the police to deal with the threats.

“It is of crucial importance that our security agencies shed light on these complaints and use all legitimate means at their disposal to unmask the identity of the culprits; whatever their motives; and stop and pursue them quickly, ”he said in a tweet.