{"id":597387,"date":"2019-03-08T15:10:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T15:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"<br><p>Mohammed Sulemana was one of two persons seen in the viral video as the NDC MP cowed under heavy frame of the operative who has not been arrested or charged although he has been identified.<\/p><div>\n<!-- \/1002554\/MJO_Announcement_250X340 -->\n<!-- <"},"modified":"2019-03-08T15:10:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T15:10:07","slug":"sam-georges-insult-attracted-the-assault-swat-member-says-sorry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/08\/sam-georges-insult-attracted-the-assault-swat-member-says-sorry\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam George\u2019s insult attracted the assault \u2013 SWAT member says sorry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Sulemana was one of two persons seen in the viral video as the NDC MP cowed under heavy frame of the operative who has not been arrested or charged although he has been identified.<\/p>\n<div>\n<!-- \/1002554\/MJO_Announcement_250X340 --><br \/>\n<!-- \n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1550929497923-0' style='float:right;z-index: 996;height:340px; 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margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">\u2018I am guilty,\u201d he spoke through an interpreter at the three-member Commission which meets at the Osu Castle in Accra.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">Mohammed Sulemana was one of two persons seen in the viral video as the NDC MP cowed under heavy frame of the operative who has not been arrested or charged although he has been identified.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid-2 --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">Explaining circumstances surrounding the assault, the SWAT team member accused the NDC MP of denigrating his ethno-regional identity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">The MP, he said after noticing his tribal marks, demanded with vehemence \u201cyou Northerner what are you doing here?\u201d before proceeding to use the F word.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DfrkppZP5eA\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">The assault resulted from the insult, he explained, and said he did not know his alleged abuser as a Member of Parliament.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">He said the MP\u2019s behaviour was not benefitting of an MP as exchanges got heated.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">The Emile Short Commission had previously heard the testimony of the leader of the SWAT team, DSP Samuel Azugu who said the words used by the MP was unprintable.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">He begged for an in-camera hearing explaining if it was to be uttered at the televised hearing, it would undermine \u201cnational cohesion.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">DSP Azugu was asked to write down the words. After reading the alleged insult, the Commission refrained from asking the SWAT unit commander to repeat the alleged insult.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">Sam George in his testimony flatly denied uttering the words attributed to him in DSP Azugu\u2019s testimony.\u00a0 \u201cIt makes me sick to suggest I said those words,\u201d\u00a0he told the Commission calling the claim a \u201cfabrication.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">\u201cI confronted the National Security operative known as Mohammed Sulley and asked him, if he was a national security officer or a party agent and it was at the point that he assaulted me. I asked him whether he is a police officer or a party agent. 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