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Reactions have been building up over the alleged arrest and assault on two Citi FM/Citi TV reporters by National Security operatives.
Majority of the reactions have been critical of the treatment meted out to the two journalists - Mr Caleb Kudah and Mrs Zoe Abu-Baidoo Addo - but the Ministry of National Security says it has initiated investigations into the matter.
The development has also bot been devoid of drama, with the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr Affail Monney at the centre.
After he had earlier condemned Mr Kudah for taking photos within the prescincts of the National Security without authority, he made a U-turn yesterday, apologising with an explanation that his earlier reaction was based on the “scanty” information he had at the time he responded.
Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has descended heavily on the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) for not getting full facts before commenting on the detention of Citi FM journalist Caleb Kudah.
Manasseh Azure Awuni has outlined three significant times in the last six years that the leadership of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has gone with the accounts of others, as against those of its members.
According to the anti-corruption journalist, the GJA, currently led by Affail Monney, has done everything differently from how past leaders like Gifty Afanyi-Dadzie and Ransford Tetteh.
Reacting to the President of the GJA, Roland Affail Monney s statement on the arrest of two journalists from Accra-based Citi Fm/Citi TV by some National Security operatives from what is believed to have been an unlawful videoing of one of their installments in Accra, Manasseh listed out three times similar things have happened.
The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) is pushing for the removal of the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr Affail Monney despite his apology for comments about the arrest of Caleb Citi FM 39;s Caleb Kudah.