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General News of Tuesday, 30 April 2019<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n2019-04-30\n\n

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General News of Tuesday, 30 April 2019<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n

2019-04-30<\/p>\n

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\"RocksonRockson Bukari denied attempting to bribe the journalist before his resignation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A journalist with Accra-based Starr FM, Mr Edward Adeti, has said he has been receiving death threats following his expos\u00e9 of a bribery incident involving a minister of state at the presidency, Mr Rockson Bukari, who had attempted to compromise him to drop a bad story concerning a judge and Chinese mining firm Shaanxi in the Upper East Region.<\/p>\n

With the knowledge of the murder of investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale still fresh in the minds of Ghanaians following the role he played in the expos\u00e9 that uncovered rot in Ghanaian and African football which led to the resignation of the president of the Ghana Football Association, Mr Kwasi Nyantakyi, there are fears that Mr Adeti\u2019s life could be in danger.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Benjamin Akakpo on the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on Class91.3FM on Tuesday, 30 April 2019, Mr Adeti said although he has received multiple death threats, he is not afraid for his life.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI have received threats since last year on text and even on social media. The latest was yesterday [Monday, 29 April 2019], one Mubariq Muntari said: \u2018Edward Adeti will regret this.\u2019 So, as for the fears I have them as a human being but for me I think I\u2019ll rather die than allow injustice to prevail because at the end of the day, all of us will die but we may not know how we will die.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m more afraid for my family, but yes the death threats are there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Mr Bukari had earlier denied attempting to bribe the journalist a day earlier before his resignation.<\/p>\n

A statement signed by the Director of Communication at the presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin said the president accepted the former Upper East Regional Minister\u2019s resignation after he submitted it on Monday because he had \u201ctaken note of the tape circulating in the media\u201d and had, therefore, taken the decision to resign \u201cin order not to allow the tape to disrupt the focus of government in delivering its mandate\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Bukari stated in his letter that he resigned \u201cas a matter of principle\u201d having \u201cexercised judgment contrary to what I have known you to stand for and require of your servants in running this country\u201d.<\/p>\n