The Ajabeng magistrate court has adjourned to January 5, 2015, the case in which two staff members of the Ablekuma District office of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), allegedly assaulted three staff members of Adom FM.

The court presided over by Her Worship Arit Nsemoh adjourned the case because, the prosecutor has still not received advice from the Attorney General who is responsible for all criminal prosecutions.

Adom FM's Editor ,Afia Pokua and two other journalists – Nana Sefa and Kofi Assan- were on September 11, 2014, brutalized allegedly by the Manager of the National Health Insurance Scheme at Ablekuma in Accra.

Nana Sefa, a reporter with the station, had gone there to report on the frustrations and complaints of persons who had been queueing since 3am to go through biometric registration, but had his mobile phone confiscated by Israel Kwame Aryeh, the Scheme Manager of the NHIS there.

Mr. Aryeh detained the reporter, insisting he would only release him if his Editor came there.

But things took a different turn when Afia Pokua also known as ‘Vim Lady’ got there in the company of another reporter, Kofi Assan.

Attempts by the News Editor, Pokua, to retrieve the phone infuriated Mr. Laryeh who, with the support of some members of his staff, pounced on her and assaulted her. She was left with injuries on her thighs, legs, hands, and a ringing sensation in the head after she was repeatedly bashed against the walls of the gutter she was dragged into.

Kofi Assan received a number of 'dirty' slaps which left him dazed and with blood in his eyes. He also lost his mobile phone. Nana Sefa, apart from having all the contents of his mobile phone wiped off and the film on his camera exposed, received his share of the beatings.

Counsel for the complainants, Samson Lardy Anyenini, expressed hope that the Attorney-General's Department would provide the necessary guidance to the prosecutor in the shortest possible time to allow for the swift adjudication of the suit.