The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has condemned in no uncertain terms death threats allegedly emanating from members of the opposition of the National Democratic Congress in the northern and Savannah regions on the life Bole based Journalist, Haruna Mahama.
According to Mr. Haruna Mahama, some individuals have threatened to kill through anonymous calls after he carried out a story about the recent brouhaha involving the Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu.
“Yesterday I received about 5 calls that I picked threatening me of death and banishment from Tamale. One of the callers even said they will trace me to wherever I am and kill me. I have all the numbers. I also had dozens of the missed calls I suspect to be from Tamale” Mr. Mahama had wrote earlier on social media.
In this regard, the NPP Savannah Region Director of Communications, Mohammed Issah lashed out the NDC and called on the rank and file of the party to condemn the unfortunate incident.
He said the NDC must hand the miscreants to the Ghana Police Service for prosecution to serve as deterrent to others.
He noted the unpopular “Do or Die” comments recently uttered by the former President, John Mahama, confirmed the militant and violent history of the NDC.
“The militantly violent history of the NDC that has been practiced all through to date as confirmed by the
Former President John Mahama in his unpopular “Do or Die” comment, in no uncertain terms is worrying and unfortunate, more so in this current century of ours”
Mr. Issah revealed the matter has been reported to the Savannah Regional Security Council for appropriate security measures taken to safeguard the life of the media practitioner.
“I have since reached out to Mr. Mahama Haruna and further reported the unfortunate death threats to the Savannah REGSEC for the appropriate security to be arranged for our brother and any other media personnel who feels threatened” he stressed.
“The Ministry of Information has also been duly informed as it leads a campaign on THE COORDINATED MECHANISM FOR THE SAFETY OF JOURNALISTS. The government under H.E President Akufo-Addo and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is relentless in its efforts to protect every single media person from any part of the country” he added.
