A scene at the Radio station
Hell broke loose yesterday when a gang of macho men led by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Central Regional Chairman and the Awutu Senya East Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) stormed Obatanpa FM radio station and locked up the place.
The programme host received hot slaps from the regional chairman, who accused the host of insulting him during the programme.
The incident reportedly occurred after a morning show programme which discussed the explicit narration by the Awutu Senya East Constituency Chairman about his relationship with the Member of Parliament (MP) of the constituency, Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor, a few days ago.
The radio station, following the action by the NDC persons, went off air and the workers ordered to vacate their posts.
But for the intervention of the Central East Regional Police Commander, who recovered the seized keys from the custody of the MCE, management of the station would have had to seek the intervention of a carpenter to open the place for them.
According to Mireku, a staff of the station, while leaving the studio, the MCE for Awutu Senya East, Seth Banini, attacked him physically, locked up the studio and pocketed the keys.
It was at this stage that the police was called in, and whose swift arrival obviated what could have resulted in a terrible situation.
Mireku said, “While leaving the station after the programme, I met the MCE who accosted me for, in his own words, saying nasty things about them. Two men also walked past me followed by the NDC Regional Chairman and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Coordinator for the municipality and the macho men. The regional chairman insulted me and asked whether we were those insulting him during the programme.
“It was at this stage that I called my manager. The regional chairman got more angry, claiming that I was videoing the unfolding development. The Regional Chairman, Richard Asiedu, slapped me.”
It would be recalled that a few days ago, the Awutu Senya East Constituency NDC Chairman, Stephen Ofosu Agyare, narrated explicit engagement between him and the MP, which narration incurred the wrath of NDC women in the constituency, who are asking that he be suspended for being indiscrete and unmeasured in his utterance to a female.