The Ghana Journalists Association, GJA, has bared its teeth to the Office of the Special Prosecutor for harassing Gordon Asare-Bediako, a member of the association.
In a press statement released under the hand of the association’s President, Mr Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, lawyers of the association have been tasked to file court processes to restrain the Kissi Agyebeng-led OSP from further harassing the Editor of the New Crusading Guide and ABC News.
“We have directed our lawyers to file an application for an injunction to restrain the OSP from engaging in any further acts of harassment or undue interference with Asare-Bediako. We remain committed to upholding the rule of law and ensuring that justice is served within the boundaries of legal authority” the statement in part said.
“The Special Prosecutor must focus on his mandate as Special Prosecutor and not deviate from it to become ‘Special Persecutor’” it further explained.
On April 2, 2025, around 1 o’clock in the afternoon, Mr. Asare-Bediako had a call from someone who identified himself as an Officer of the OSP and that he was at Wontumi Radio 95.9 and Movement TV to have a conversation with him while he had stepped out.
Gordon Asare-Bediako went to the OSP premises on his own volition around 2pm with the understanding that they were going to have a conversation since that wasn’t the first as a journalist was having an informal conversation with security officials and Capos.
He was thus, referred to a statement he made on Movement TV about two weeks earlier to the effect that the OSP had at a point in time requested from government a private jet to facilitate his operations since he was a higher risk personality, which the journalist confirmed making such a statement on air based on his sources within the then government.
The Special Prosecutor claimed he was impugning corruption on the OSP which he vehemently disagreed.
His refusal to mention his source was interpreted to mean that he was not cooperating with the investigations. He was then officially put under arrest and his rights read to him.
He was subsequently put on a Ghc5m bail bond with 2 sureties. He has since been reporting to the OSP.
It is upon these events that the Ghana Journalists Association is investigating initiating court processes to stop the OSP from further harassment of Mr. Asare-Bediako.
WMN