Bebli's death a great loss to Journalism – Employer

EMG Multimedia, publishers of The General Telegragh newspaper and operators of Radio360 says it has been heavily devastated by the sudden death of the newspaper’s editor, Bismark Bebli on Friday afternoon.

An official statement issued by the Corporate Affairs Manager of the company, Mr Emmanuel Arthur described the death as a great loss to the company in particular and media practice in Ghana in general.

Mr Bebli, who turned 48 years same day, died in a motor accident at Kasoa in the Central Region on Friday in a rather bizzare circumstances.

A journalist of longstanding, Mr Bebli had previously worked with a number of media outlets including the Chronicle and the Daily Express newspapers.

The accident was said to have occurred opposite the Kasoa Police Station when the once Chronicle reporter was knocked down together with a policeman on duty, by an Urvan mini bus with registration number GE 8252-12.

He was rushed to the Justab Hospital in the area for prompt medical treatment before he was referred to the Kasoa Polyclinic where he was pronounced dead.

Bismark_Bebli_was_the_Editor_for_The_General_Telegragh

Radio360 checks indicate, he left his residence at Kasoa for Accra but was reportedly stopped by the police officer because of the unregistered car he was said to be driving.

While the uniformed officer was checking his car documents, the commercial vehicle, which had tried to avoid ramming into vehicles ahead in a traffic jam after a brake failure, drove towards the senior journalist and the policeman who were standing on the shoulder of the road, knocking them down before entering a drain.

“It is a great loss to us. We trusting the police to do a thorough investigation to ascertain the exact cause”, the statement said.

Mr Bebli joined The General Telegraph initially as a News Editor and later promoted to Acting Editor of the paper, a position he held until his untimely death.