On Monday, 10 January 2022, 20 heavily armed policemen stormed the premises of Accra 100.5 FM in Labone, Accra, in Rambo-style, to arrest the station’s news anchor Nana Ama Agyarko for what they described as obstruction of their work and abuse of a police officer.
After failing to apprehend the female newscaster, the station’s Drivetime host, Doctor Kay, was arrested instead by armed policemen who claimed he also obstructed them from doing their job.
The saga began when three plain-clothed men claiming to be police officers, along with five others claiming to be GBC staff, walked into Accra100.5FM and demanded the station’s permission to broadcast the ongoing AFCON matches.
The men claimed that the station had no right to broadcast the games. As a result, the men and some station personnel exchanged words.
Nana Ama Agyarko, a news anchor, suspected the plain-clothed men were not police officers as they claimed because one of them, who had short dreadlocks, wore an earring, and a football jersey over ripped jeans and slippers, asked to see their ID cards.
The untidy gentleman displayed an ID but covered the picture and his name on the tag.
This enraged the news anchor, who referred to the unclothed man as a “thief” and a “imposter” and asked him to leave the office.
The gentlemen summoned reinforcements, and 20 heavily armed policemen stormed the premises of the Labone-based private radio station to arrest Nana Ama Agyarko, the evening news anchor, for insulting a police officer.
Because they couldn’t get into the studio, the cops arrested Docta Kay, who had escorted them upstairs and attended to them when they first arrived at the station.
