A self styled journalist is in the grips of the law for posing as a reporter of the Ghanaian Times newspaper in Accra.<\/p>\n
The suspect, Victor Samuel Nana Yokor Ekon, 34, a resident of Taifa in Accra, was said to have attended a programme at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) and falsely introduced himself as a journalist with a paper.<\/p>\n
A search conducted on him revealed a foreign newspaper by the name \u201cThe Times\u201d.<\/p>\n
Briefing the Times in Accra on Friday, the Osu District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mabel Artteh, said a Nigerian lecturer who arrived in the country for a workshop at the Accra International Conference Centre on November 21, noticed the suspect and decided to know his identity and the media organisation he works for.<\/p>\n
According to the commander, the suspect could not produce an identity card but a search revealed the foreign newspaper.<\/p>\n
The Nigerian, according to the police, decided to lodge a complaint at the police station against the suspect.<\/p>\n
The commander said the complainant told the police that her suspicion was aroused when she left the conference room to take a picture with the other participants leaving her items such as a laptop, two phones, a passport, 370 dollars, 12,000 Naira and GH\u00a225 behind.<\/p>\n
DSP Artteh said when she came back she could not find the items and suspected Ekon of taking them.<\/p>\n
DSP Artteh said the complainant was taken to the Osu Police for further investigations into the case.<\/p>\n
The suspect is said to have been granted police enquiry bail with a surety, but had since not reported to the station.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A self styled journalist is in the grips of the law for posing as a reporter of the Ghanaian Times newspaper in Accra. The suspect, Victor Samuel Nana Yokor Ekon, 34, a resident of Taifa in Accra, was said to have attended a programme at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) and falsely introduced himself as a journalist with a paper. A search conducted on him revealed a foreign newspaper by the name \u201cThe Times\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n