{"id":1229255,"date":"2022-10-19T22:08:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T22:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/19\/captain-smart-is-being-witch-hunted-by-the-government-for-speaking-the-truth\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T22:08:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T22:08:26","slug":"captain-smart-is-being-witch-hunted-by-the-government-for-speaking-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/19\/captain-smart-is-being-witch-hunted-by-the-government-for-speaking-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Smart Is Being Witch-Hunted By The Government For Speaking The Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>Onua TV\/FM morning show host Blessed Godsbrain Smart, popularly known as Captain Smart, was picked up by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) a few hours ago.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:Since You Started Following The Corrupt NPP Government, You Now Wear Wigs And High Heels &#8211; Captain Smart Goes Hard On Diana Asamoah<\/p>\n<p>The controversial broadcast journalist was picked up Wednesday, October 19 following some comments he made about the Incumbent NPP Government.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:If IMF Gives Ghana Another Loan By 30th November, I Will Quit My Job &#8211; Captain Smart Vows<br \/>It is believed that his arrest is in connection with his comments about the ineffectiveness of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\u2019s fight against galamsey.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the Ministry of Information, in a statement signed by Deputy Minister Fatimatu Abubakar stated the government\u2019s unhappiness with the\u00a0comments\u00a0and said the government was issuing a complaint to the\u00a0National Media Commission\u00a0(NMC) and may explore the option of legal redress.<br \/>It is, therefore, strange and sad that the government has chosen the route of intimidation and harassment. But this is not the first time Captain Smart has been picked up by the NIB for attacking the incumbent NPP administration.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>It is unclear where he is being kept as operatives almost run company executives on the road in an attempt to follow the convoy of umarked vehicles that whisked him away from the Kawukudi office of NIB.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the news, some people believe that the Government is witch-hunting Captain Smart for telling the truth about Galamsey issues in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Onua TV\/FM morning show host Blessed Godsbrain Smart, popularly known as Captain Smart, was picked up by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) a few hours ago. READ ALSO:Since You Started Following The Corrupt NPP Government, You Now Wear Wigs And High Heels &#8211; Captain Smart Goes Hard On Diana Asamoah The controversial broadcast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1229257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1099,1090,839,8163,2256,27710],"class_list":["post-1229255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-captain","tag-government","tag-smart","tag-speaking","tag-truth","tag-witchhunted"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1229255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1229255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1229255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1229255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}