Ahmed Hussein-Suale, the investigative journalist with Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ Tiger Eye PI, who was shot and killed on Wednesday, January 16, 2019, feared he would be assasinated following the publication of his image by the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong.
This, is according to the Committee to Project Journalists (CPJ), an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide.
According to CPJ, Ahmed, in September 2018 expressed the fear that “powerful figures in Ghana sought to harm him.”
The CPJ, in a report on its website released following Hussein-Suale’s death, said Ahmed told the organisation via WhatsApp that “Since my image was published and [the] public was incited against me [...] many people have attempted [to attack me]. These criminals after us are people who are [...] associated with powers that be in Ghana and can do anything and get away with it."
"Indeed, it [has] been hinted in some quarters that the very man who published [my image] said he was doing everything possible to quell [my] existence," the report said.
The CPJ Africa Program Coordinator Angela Quintal who expressed disappointment in the incident called on government to “prove itself willing to hold accountable those who attack the press.”
"This shooting is a grave signal that journalists cannot work safely to keep the public informed or hold power to account in Ghana," she added.
Source: Graphic.com
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have you ppl also noticed that aggyapong is trying to up his tracks by blaming ANAS and unfortunately he has gotten some his puppets to believe and follow him.
this killing came from powerful people whose lives have been ruined by anas and his outfit.
people need to be educated on public interest and pravite interest and stop 7oolish condemination of Anas. what Anas is doing iS in the interest of the GENERAL public. If people like ken & co who are so,so corrupt are stelling Ghana money to sPread around IN ORDER to get fume how can you and I know if not through this style of journalism. Anas always investigate where there is public out cry and we the general public need a solution to it. But these ANIMALS DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT PUBLIC INTEREST IS AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO LEARN SIMPLY BECAUSE THESE THIVES ARE CORRUPT PUBLIC FIGURES ARE FEEDING THEM.
people need to be educated on public interest and pravite interest and stop 7oolish condemination of Anas. what Anas is doing in in the interest of the public. If people like ken are co who are so,so corrupt are stelling Ghana money to soread around to get fume how can you and I know if not through this style of journalism. Anas always investigate where there is public out cry and we the general public need a solution to it. But these ANIMALS DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT PUBLIC INTEREST IS AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO LEARN SIMPLY BECAUSE THESE THIVES ARE CORRUPT PUBLIC FIGURES ARE FEEDING THEM.
this CPJ is a joke. come to Ghana and see how the most 'nuisance' journalists as described by others are freely doing their job. I tell you, the Ghana journalist association in Ghana and some journalists in Ghana know very well that the methods that Anas uses is illegal and not good but they have made their mind to defend him. lawyers and panelists on programs are constantly gauged up from fully expressing their views on Anas methods and issues concerning him. he always want people to believe that he's bigger, bringing in BBC in wield ways and Africa what what. Ghana laws have turned upside down to favour Anas. meanwhile Anas is simply blackmailing people for wealth in the name of fighting corruption. I tell you, the security should concentrate on the insiders more than outsiders. it might come from his own working partners.
Who doesn't know Anas is behind this killing? At times I wonder why some people cant notice that Anas is indeed a criminal. He will do anything just to get sympathy from Ghanaians. Why did he rush to put out Kennedy's name as the one who killed the guy? As for that Ahmed guy, I pity him. How can you blackmail people and go Scot free?? Let's try to live good lives. Those bogus methodologies of Anas should be avoided. AHMED FOLLOWED MONEY FROM ANAS AND HE IS DEAD NOW. Whatever you do in this world against your fellow human being think if it's good. You go and set up people for them to lose their jobs, entitlements, that they cant even pay the fees of their children and you think you will get blessings???
THIS IS CONSIPRACY MURDER BY HIS OWN PEOPLE HE WORK WITH . TO KILL HIM AND PROVE A POINT. WE KNOW BETTER THAN ANAS . HE SHOULD COME OUT CLEAN
journalism is not to be used for blackmailing ple. advise the journalist to stop blackmailing ple.
Killing of husein wouldnt stop the story of NAM 1.This is why i get problem with the executive and security in Ghana . instead of solving a problem using their brains, they rather choose to end story but wrong measure but i tell you, the story of NAM 1 wont go by killing of this innocenst and useful guy. if you tried to use him to cover NAM 1, he will be like the holy prophet , like Jesus. he has sacrifice to end injustice and i think, they are rather making ANAS fearless. the security agencies in Ghana due to politics are becoming ***barred word*** and wasteful. i respect the intelligence of the military and top class police like ACP kofi boakye but look at how for politics, the military now is even manupulated. had we allow the security agencies to work with their intelligence, i tell you crime in Ghana will be reduced to the minimum best. no intelligence , not security structure just foloow follow, why. in the days of kufour and rawlings, security was security, BNI was BNI, now i dont even respect or regard a soldier of BNI official but though you may call it intimidation, soldiers and BNI were fully respected. the point of pushing unskilled and irrelevant party soldiers to main stream military and security services, f.ools like that can kill a brilliant guy just like that. may he rest in PEACE and i know , the killer(s) wont ever go free even if they repent and ask for forgiveness