Interior Minister apologises for police assault on 3 journalists

By:brightwebtv.com Martin awuku

Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery

Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has apologised for the assault on three Ghanaian Times journalist by a group of police officers in Accra last week.
“On behalf of my Ministry, I want to apologise for whatever actions of those in my sector agency might have done to you…it is in the spirit of the President to push the frontiers of free expression and that is the only way we can progress as a nation,” he told the media, Wednesday.

The two journalists, Malik Sulemana and Raissa Sambou together with their driver wereassaulted by a Policeman with the help of 10 other men in uniform.
This was after the officer jumped a traffic light and ran into their vehicle.

There has been condemnation from many quarters of the act, which some have described as an attack on media

Source: Ghana| Myjoyonline.com |