{"id":449007,"date":"2017-12-21T12:21:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T12:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/tv3-ghanaweb-journalists-assaulted-by-npp-macho-men-at-party-headquarters\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T12:21:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T12:21:58","slug":"tv3-ghanaweb-journalists-assaulted-by-npp-macho-men-at-party-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/tv3-ghanaweb-journalists-assaulted-by-npp-macho-men-at-party-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"TV3, GhanaWeb journalists assaulted by NPP &#8216;macho-men&#8217; at party Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 21 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/84077820.295.jpg\" alt=\"Eben Assault.jpeg\" title=\"Eben Assault.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"525\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The well-built men slapped and kicked GhanaWeb\u2019s cameraman on the floor<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513858918_234_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">A journalist from GhanaWeb and another from TV3 have been beaten by some irate youth of the NPP.<\/p>\n<p>The reporters who got a hint of a protest by some members of the ruling New Patriotic Party from the Ellembele constituency to demand a clean register ahead of their elections in January 2018 went to the party office to film the incident.<\/p>\n<p>But whilst filming, they were attacked by security men who had blocked the entrance to the party office to prevent the protesters from gaining entry.<\/p>\n<p>The well-built men slapped and kicked GhanaWeb\u2019s cameraman on the floor and continued stepping on him as though they were playing football.<\/p>\n<p>Not even onlookers could refrain the security men from manhandling the innocent man.<\/p>\n<p>The TV3 journalist was seen engaging some party members before he was slapped.<\/p>\n<p>The security men went further to seize the phones and other equipment of the journalists.<\/p>\n<p>When the issue was reported to Deputy General Secretary of the party, Sam Payne upon his arrival at the scene, all he had to say was that \u201cno one asked him to come and film\u201d and walked away without caring to find out how the victims were faring.<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaweb\u2019s cameraman who is traumatised and can&#8217;t see properly at the moment keeps on spitting out blood.<\/p>\n<p>The protestors embarked on the demonstration to insist on a clean register as they allege some fraudulent activities in their constituency ahead of the voting in January.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 updated by: 63 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 21 December 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-12-21 The well-built men slapped and kicked GhanaWeb\u2019s cameraman on the floor A journalist from GhanaWeb and another from TV3 have been beaten by some irate youth of the NPP. 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