Audio By Carbonatix
Is ex-president Mahama shielding his security detail who assaulted JOY FM journalist Kwesi Parker-Wilson ?
It’s been two weeks since Joy Fm’s political reporter Kwesi Parker-Wilson was assaulted by security detail of Ex-president John Mahama at the Pentecost University at Sowutuom.
Kwesi Parker-Wilson, a Senior Multimedia Journalist with The Multimedia Group’s Joy FM/JoyNews, among other things, sought to get an exclusive interview with the former President after the former president addressed delegates and students at the University’s assembly hall on the occasion of his 5-day campaign tour in the capital, Accra.
After addressing the delegates the former president was said to have had a meeting with the School’s authorities.
Kwesi Parker-Wilson decided to follow the ex-president for his exclusive interview but the security at the entrance would, however, not allow Parker-Wilson into the building as they claimed it wasn’t open to the media.
An attempt by Parker-Wilson to explain to the security officer that he was with the ex-President and had been covering all his activities, did not go down well with him. “You are challenging my authority” he quoted the security detail as saying.
The assault left the Joy fm journalist visibly bruised with part of his face swollen and his right eye teary with pain. Upon being notified of the incident, the ex-President is said to have personally approached the trembling reporter to apologize.
The former president assured the journalist of an identification parade to ID his assaulter for the necessary punishment to be meted out to the rogue security detail who is a member of the NDC’s vigilante group THE HAWKS.
Two weeks after the incident the former president and his campaign team have flagrantly disregarded their promise by conducting investigations into the assault against Kwesi Parker-Wilson neither have they assembled the security guards for identification.
Latest Stories
-
The Pusiga connection behind Gertrude Atongi’s work in New York
21 minutes -
NPA launches 2026 staff welfare week with focus on teamwork and employee wellbeing
26 minutes -
Ghana, Saint Kitts and Nevis sign labour deal to strengthen protections for Ghanaian nurses
32 minutes -
Delayed promotions put teachers’ retirement benefits at risk – GNAT
35 minutes -
No ‘Bawumia candidates’ in NPP executive elections – Anthony Karbo
36 minutes -
Over 3,000 displaced as flooding overwhelms Hohoe communities
41 minutes -
Sunyani East NPP executives begin reconciliation drive ahead of 2028 polls
46 minutes -
Agric Minister engages Ga Mantse on agriculture transformation agenda
51 minutes -
Aayalolo expansion targets private car users, not trotro operators – Mahama Ayariga
56 minutes -
KNUST, GMTF explore AI partnership to transform healthcare delivery
1 hour -
MTTD records 9,000 preventable crashes, over 900 deaths in eight months
1 hour -
UN Secretary-General expresses optimism about future, pledges support for Mahama, AU
1 hour -
Ghana’s desalination lesson: A water project must work on paper and at the tap
1 hour -
Bawumia calls for paradigm shift in Ghana’s healthcare policies after GMA engagement
2 hours -
77 aspirants pick NDC nomination forms in Sunyani West
2 hours