The Editor of the online news portal, Modern Ghana, Emmanuel Ajarfor has sued the National Security Coordinator, Joshua Kyeremeh; the Inspector General of Police, David Asante Appeatu; and the Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, over the abuse o"},"modified":"2019-07-15T06:15:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T06:15:33","slug":"modernghanas-ajarfor-sues-national-security-coordinator-igp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/15\/modernghanas-ajarfor-sues-national-security-coordinator-igp\/","title":{"rendered":"ModernGhana’s Ajarfor sues National Security Coordinator, IGP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Editor of the online news portal, Modern Ghana, Emmanuel Ajarfor has sued the National Security Coordinator, Joshua Kyeremeh; the Inspector General of Police, David Asante Appeatu; and the Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, over the abuse of his human rights when he was arrested recently.<\/p>\n
The suit, which has been filed at the Human Rights Division of the High Court avers that Mr. Ajarfor\u2019s rights to personal liberty, a fair trial and human dignity were violated by the conduct of the officials of National Security.<\/p>\n
His lawyers want the court to seek an order for the Attorney General to prosecute the officers who tortured Mr. Ajarfor as well as order the release of all items seized from him.<\/p>\n
The lawyers also want him to be compensated.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ajarfor was arrested from his office together with one of his reporters, Emmanuel Britwum over an opinion piece published by the website.<\/p>\n
He later told the media that he had been tortured during the interrogation.<\/p>\n