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The Office of former President John Rawlings has dissociated itself from an alleged kidnap of a photojournalist at the precincts of the ex-president’s residence.Dauda Mohammed was reportedly grabbed into a vehicle by four unidentified men to an unknown location around East Legon in Accra when he attempted to take photos of the Adjiringano residence of the former First Couple.Aide to Mr Rawlings, Kofi Adams, in an earlier interaction with Joy News on Monday denied security officers at the said house had picked up an intruder.In a post on his blog Mr Rawlings’ office said: “We wish to state categorically that no one within the residence has accosted any intruder or passerby and any attempt to link persons in the residence to an alleged assault is a blatant lie and mischievous.”“The caretaker who was the only person within the premises has reported no incident whatsoever and confirmed that he is unaware of any incident, taking place within the environs of the house. He has been within the premises performing his duties and has not ventured outside.”The journalist later in the day told Joy News he managed to escape from his captors after almost an hour of no-holds-barred questioning about who had sent him.Editor of the paper Kwesi Pratt said his reporter was “traumatized” by the incident.
Dauda said although he could not establish that the kidnappers emerged from the edifice of the Rawlingses, his great suspicion was that they were people associated with the former First Couple.Story by Fiifi Koomson/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana
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