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Mr David Asante-Apeatu, Inspector General of Police
The police administration has banned three police officers from playing a role in the alleged badault on three journalists of the Ghanaian Times newspaper on Thursday, March 14, 2019.
The officers concerned are Inspector Isaac Opare, Sergeant Ebenezer Akrofi and Lance Corporal Evans Kofi Ntim.
A press release signed by Deputy Police Commissioner (ACP), Mr David Eklu, said the ban was headed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr David Eklu . Asante Apeatu.
In addition to the ban, the IGP also led the transfer of investigations from the police station of the ministries to the regional crime manager in Accra.
"The IGP has also asked the Accra Central Traffic Control Unit commander to take over the road accidents section. Both must submit their reports within a week.
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In addition, the Office of the Police and Standards Professionals (PPSB) was also tasked with investigating the conduct of the police, who were on duty at the police station of the Ministry when the incident was reported, "adds the communicated.
Assumed aggression
Three journalists from the Ghanaian Times, who were on their way to the day's mission, were badaulted on the morning of that fateful day by a dozen policemen in Kinbu, in central Accra.
The badault followed a traffic violation and an accident involving a police officer who was using an unregistered motorcycle and the official vehicle of the Ghanaian Times, which was transporting reporters to their various places of badignment.
The police, who were not happy that the journalists tried to record (video) the accident and the ensuing exchanges between their driver and the police motorcyclist, jumped on the journalists and physically badaulted them.
Mr. Malik Sullemana, a court reporter, Ms. Raissa Sambou-Ebu, a general journalist, and Mr. Salifu Abdul Rahman, deputy editor, fully felt the effect of the brutal force employed by the police, which led two of them hospital to receive medical care.
Ms. Ebu, a nurse mother who recently delivered by caesarean section, was rushed to the Ridge hospital, while Sullemana, who had been violently badaulted, was locked up at the ministry's police station, before being released.
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