The National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) has arrested Media General’s Captain Smart, host of Maakye on Onua TV/FM.
The broadcaster was on his way home from work Wednesday evening when the NIB crossed him on the way and got him arrested.
They have taken him to the NIB headquarters at 37 in Accra.
It is believed that his arrest is in connection with his comments about the ineffectiveness of President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s fight against galamsey so far.
Earlier this week, the Ministry of Information, in a statement signed by Deputy Minister Fatimatu Abubakar stated the government’s unhappiness with the comments and said it was issuing a complaint to the NMC and may explore the option of legal redress.
It is therefore strange and sad that the government has chosen the route of intimidation and harassment.
It is unclear where he is being kept as operatives almost run company executives of the road in an attempt to follow the convoy of umarked vehicles that whisked him away from the Kawukudi office of the NIB.
Media General and all its affiliates will keep mounting pressure on the government to stop paying lip service to the war against galamsey and stop the pollution of our rivers and water bodies.
Source: Onuaonline.com|Ghana
