Federation of Journalists unhappy with delayed justice in Suale’s murder case

The International Federation of Journalists is unhappy with the slow pace of the investigation and delayed the prosecution of the killers of the slain slain Tiger Eye PI investigator, Ahmed Hussein Suale. In a statement to mark a year after Suale’s murder, the Federation among other things said it cannot allow such dastardly act to

follow the norm where journalists are murdered with nothing being done about it in what appears to be a ploy to silence the media. Assassination of our colleague Ahmed Suale cannot be allowed to become just another statistic in the grim toll of journalists killed and impunity for the assassins. The failure to properly investigate, to

prosecute the killers and the intellectual authors of such crimes not only denies the family, friends, and colleagues of Ahmed of justice but it emboldens all those who would seek to silence journalists, who try to draw a veil over their criminal, fraudulent or abusive behaviour. It also denies citizens the right to free and

independent information. It shrinks democracy. The Federation also pledged to assist the Ghana Journalist Association and partners in demanding justice and an end to impunity. For all these reasons we, and all our affiliates worldwide, stand in solidarity with you. We remain ready to take any further actions you require to support the GJA and its partners in demanding justice and an end to impunity.

Account of Suale’s murder

Ahmed Saule was shot dead by unknown assailants on January 16, 2019, at Madina in Accra.He was the lead investigator of the Tiger Eye PI team in the Number 12 exposé on corruption in Ghana football. His family is disappointed at the government and security agencies over their failure to find his killers and a year after his

demise, his relatives say they feel ignored because the case has not been treated with much seriousness. In fact, the family is very very disappointed in the security services and the government itself. It looks like they are not interested in the case. After all the noise, have you heard of anything again? And have you heard of any

government official discussing it again? And even, the Attorney General could not remember the date my brother was assassinated in Parliament. Doesn’t that alone ring a bell that the government is not interested in our case? the brother of the deceased, Ibrahim Kamilu Tahidu asked. It was alleged by a cross-section of the

public that, his murder was associated with his role in the Number 12 exposé which also toppled the Ghana Football Association and its then-president, Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi. This coincidentally occurred months after Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong displayed the photo of Ahmed Suale on public TV in the aftermath of

the #Number12 exposé and said he [Ahmed] was very wicked and must be beaten if he visited the premises of his company - Oman FM and NET 2 TV, an assertion he has vehemently denied. He also further promised a GH¢100,000 bounty for anyone or persons who provide information that will lead to the arrest of the killers of the undercover journalist. The Police are yet to conclude investigations on the matter.