“We Are Traumatised” – Obaatanpa Radio Journalist Speaks After Station Attack
#ObaatanpaRadio #Kasoa #GhanaNews #CitiFM #ChannelOneTV #EyewitnessNews #MediaSafety #PressFreedom #CentralRegion #AwutuSenyaEast #BreakingNews #JournalismSafety #PoliceInvestigation A journalist with Obaatanpa Radio in Kasoa says staff at the station are still traumatised following an alleged violent invasion that disrupted broadcasting and left workers shaken.
Speaking on Eyewitness News on Thursday, June 25, Bernard Mireku Nyampong said although normal operations have resumed, employees continue to live in fear over threats that the group involved could return.
He explained that the incident occurred shortly after the station's morning programme, when staff were preparing to go on break, before a confrontation escalated into violence inside the newsroom and studio areas.
Nyampong alleged that a group, which he claimed included Central Regional NDC Chairman Richard Kofi Asiedu, Awutu Senya East MCE Seth Sabah Serwonoo-Banini, and others, stormed the station over on-air discussions relating to internal political issues in the constituency.
He said staff were allegedly assaulted, forced out of working spaces, and the station taken off air for several hours as the situation unfolded.
According to him, he was also physically attacked and later received treatment at the Kasoa Polyclinic after reporting the matter to police. He added that security agencies later intervened and recovered items allegedly taken during the incident.
Police have since begun investigations, while management of the station is reviewing CCTV footage as part of internal security assessments.
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