NDC Man Arrested Over Journalist Attack

Iddrisu Hardi Pagazaa

The Police have arrested the two people who allegedly attacked Abubakari Sadiq, a presenter of Dagbon FM in Tamale, while he was hosting a programme at the station on May 3, 2023.

A statement by the Ghana Police Service, indicated that suspects Iddrisu Hardi alias Pagaaza and Mumuni Osman are in custody assisting investigation and will be put before court.

The former Northern Regional Deputy Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Iddrisu Hardi, allegedly ‘attacked’ Abubakari Sadiq, for speaking ill about him on live radio.

A viral video circulating on social media showed the former Northern Regional Deputy Communications Officer and another person storming the Dagbon FM in Tamale to ‘attack’ the presenter who was on live radio in the studio on World Press Freedom Day.

The two suspects allegedly verbally assaulted the presenter and forcibly pulled him out of the studio.

FROM Eric Kombat, Tamale