The journalist who was attacked in Tamale, in the Northern Region, Sadiq Abubakari Gariba, has received assurances from the Inspector-General of Police, George Akuffo-Dampare, that the attackers will be apprehended quickly.
According to sources, the police are pursuing the suspects who have been on the run since the incident.
On May 3, Hardi Pagazaa, a former deputy communication officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the area, stormed the radio station and started a fight with the victim, a host of a live show for Dagbon Radio.
The panel had previously talked about problems with the Ghana National Fire Service in the area.
“What have I done to you?” the NDC member is heard saying after he barged in with another man who also shouted, “Stop mentioning his name if you don’t want to die.”
A fight broke out when the perpetrator, Hardi Pagazaa, grabbed the broadcaster by the neck and tried to drag him out of the studio.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA), and numerous civil society organizations have all strongly condemned the incident.
However, the IGP assured the victim over the phone that the police would apprehend the suspects and bring them to justice in an effort to show sympathy for him.
Relatively, Hardi Pagzaa, who is accused of assaulting a journalist from Dagbon FM earlier this week, has been asked to apologize for his actions.
Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the NDC’s Northern Regional Secretary, disclosed this in a Citi FM interview.
According to Mr. Abdul-Salam, Hardi Pagzaa received a reprimand and was made aware that the party would not tolerate any efforts by any leader or member to damage the party’s reputation in public.
“If we have proven evidence of anybody putting the party’s name in a bad light and bringing the party to the public domain for ridicule, we will not hesitate to apply the full rules and regulations of the party because giving us bad light tarnishes the party’s image, and we will not allow that.”
