At least 5 Ghanaian Journalists Attacked Covering Ashanti Elections

• privately owned GhanaWeb correspondent Gideon Nana Peprah
• privately owned Angel Broadcasting Network reporter Gabriel Kwasi Oppong
• privately owned Lawson TV producer Charles Awuah Mensah
• Oyerepa Radio and TV  reporter Kofi Adede
• privately owned Oseikrom Dawuro newspaper editor Henry Attah Kotei

All said they were covering electoral officers counting votes when at least 14 unidentified men attacked the officials, destroyed ballot papers, hit and slapped the reporters, seized their phones, and deleted their footage.

The journalists said police officers attempted to stop the attack without force but failed, and Kotei and Mensah were saved by bystanders who pleaded with the attackers to let them go.

All five journalists received medical treatment at a hospital for their injuries, which included a cut to Peprah’s upper lip and a cut above Mensah’s left eye.