{"id":29254,"date":"2019-01-17T15:19:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T14:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=29254"},"modified":"2019-01-17T15:24:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T14:24:37","slug":"ghanaian-undercover-reporter-shot-dead-in-his-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ghanaian-undercover-reporter-shot-dead-in-his-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian Undercover Reporter Shot Dead In His Car"},"content":{"rendered":"

Journalists in Ghana are mourning the death of their colleague, Ahmed Hussein-Suale, who was shot dead on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Ahmed is an undercover reporter with Tiger Eye, an investigative media platform owned by Anas Aremeyaw Anas in Ghana.<\/p>\n

The journalist was instrumental to the story which exposed the corruption in the Ghanian sports sector. On Wednesday, gunmen on a motorbike rained bullets on his car while he was driving.<\/p>\n

He was shot twice in the chest and once in the neck.<\/p>\n

Ahmed’s death was announced by Anas via his Twitter handle in the early hours of Thursday. He described the event as sad, stating that Tiger Eye would not stop in its fight against corruption.<\/p>\n

Alongside a video which showed Kennedy Agyapong, a Ghanian lawmaker threatening to bring down Ahmed, Anas wrote: \u201cSad news, but we shall not be silenced. Rest in peace, Ahmed.”<\/p>

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In the video entitled \u201cWho Watches the Watchman\u201d, Kennedy said: \u201cThe boy (pointing to a picture of Ahmed), that\u2019s very dangerous. He lives here in Madina. If you meet him somewhere, break his ears (slap him). If he ever comes to this premises, I\u2019m telling you beat him. Whatever happens, I\u2019ll pay. Because he\u2019s bad. That Ahmed. Show their pictures and let\u2019s see. The boy, that\u2019s him. Ahmed, that\u2019s him. This one is called Ahmed. His other picture is there as well, make it big. If he comes here, beat him. This is the boy, he\u2019s a bad boy\u201d.<\/p>\n

At the moment, it’s not been ascertained if Ahmed was assassinated or a victim of robbery but Agyapong\u2019s threat, coupled with the fact that nothing was stolen from the journalist seems to lend more credence to an assassination, as Anas and his team thinks.<\/p>\n

In the past, Tiger Eye had cried out that its staff members were being threatened.<\/p>\n

Since the announcement was made, local and International organisations have condemned Ahmed’s murder, while also restating the need to protect journalists in Africa.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the Committee to Project Journalists (CPJ) tweeted: \u201cAuthorities in #Ghana should immediately investigate the killing of journalist Ahmed Divela and ensure that threats against the press are taken seriously.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Journalists in Ghana are mourning the death of their colleague, Ahmed Hussein-Suale, who was shot dead on Wednesday night. Ahmed is an undercover reporter with Tiger Eye, an investigative media platform owned by Anas Aremeyaw Anas in Ghana. The journalist was instrumental to the story which exposed the corruption in the Ghanian sports sector. 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