Ghana vows to pursue Ahmed Suale’s killers
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on 3News
The Ghanaian government has renewed its commitment to prosecute those responsible for the murder of investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, killed in Accra in 2019. The Committee to Protect Journalists is now calling on the authorities to bring the killers to justice, according to 3News.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Ghana to turn its promise to prosecute those responsible for the murder of investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, killed in Accra on 16 January 2019, into action. The CPJ renewed its call on Tuesday, after a fresh commitment from the Ghanaian government to pursue prosecutions.
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, minister responsible for government communications, said on Saturday on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama that the government remained committed to solving the murder. Communications Minister Samuel Nartey George had already said on 2 November that political influence or holding public office should not protect anyone from prosecution.
Ahmed Suale worked as an investigative journalist for Tiger Eye PI with Anas Aremeyaw Anas when he was shot dead by unidentified men on motorcycles. The murder has resulted in no convictions. President Mahama had promised in 2023, when he was in opposition, to speed up the investigation, before renewing that commitment after taking office in 2025.
