The Ghana Police Service says it’s investigating the alleged attack on Kofi Adoma Nwanwani, a broadcast journalist with Accra-based Angel Broadcasting Network (ABN).
In a statement posted to its social media pages, the law enforcement agency said it commenced a probe into the matter immediately after it came to its attention.
“The Police are investigating alleged attacks by some unknown persons on Stephen Kofi Adoma, a staff of Angel Broadcasting Network on 6th August 2022 at Old Ashongman Village in Accra.”
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Kofi Adomah is currently on admission after being attacked by unknown assailants riding on a motorbike on Saturday, August 6, 2022. The journalist and CEO of Kofi TV was returning from Kuntunse to Accra when the attackers crossed his car.
The unknown men, allegedly armed with sharp objects, inflicted injuries on his face, arms and shoulders, and tried to set him ablaze after pouring some substance believed to be petrol on him.
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A video of Mr. Adoma in a wheelchair with blood oozing from various cuts on his body is trending on social media.
Although information remains scanty, some social media users are convinced that the attack on the radio presenter was an attempted assassination while a cross-section of Ghanaians believe it was a robbery.
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