Another journalist allegedly assaulted in Yendi

Shaharan Suhuyini, a broadcast Journalist with Yendi-based Sankara Radio, has allegedly been assaulted by persons believed to be supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

In a Facebook post, Shaharan Suhuyini narrated “So I was attacked yesterday by some NPP miscreants in Yendi when I went to the EC’s office to observe and report on the ongoing vote transfers. Whiles introducing myself to the police upon arrival, I heard the boys of the MP for Yendi shout my name and said I should vacate from the premises.”

According to him, he was assaulted because he worked with Sankara Radio 103.1 owed by MASLOC CEO, Shani Abibata.

“When I enquired to know why, they violently said because I’m an Abibata’s boy (because I work at Sankara Radio 103.1) and for that matter, they didn’t want me near the EC’s office to observe what was going on there. Zogbee Naa approached and pleaded with me to leave looking at how charged the guys were but I insisted I was there to work and wasn’t going anywhere. Upon several pleas, I decided to go. Just as I was about leaving with one of my reporters who picked me up on a bike, one #Abdul_Baaki_Abukari slashed my neck with a sharp object believed to be a blade.”

He however indicated that the incident has been reported to the Yendi police divisional command for further investigation.