Family of murdered Tiger Eye journalist disappointed with no arrest made three years on
On January 6, 2019, Ahmed Suale was shot three times; twice in the chest and another in the neck by unidentified men near his family home in Madina.
The family of the late Ahmed Suale, an undercover journalist who worked with the Tiger Eye team, said they are disappointed that after three years, the police is yet to find and prosecute the killers of their relative.
“It’s been three years since Ahmed was murdered and we feel extremely disappointed that nothing significant has been done to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators of this crime,” Spokesperson of the Family, Ibrahim Kamilu Tahidu said in an interview.
Mr. Ibrahim Kamilu Tahidu also called upon the Presidency, the Inspector-General of Police, the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), and the media to help them find justice.
“We as a family are deeply pained by the lackadaisical approach of the security agencies. We are hoping that they will take serious interest in the case [and] we respectfully call on the Presidency, the IGP, the GJA, the media and all well-meaning Ghanaians to help us seek justice.”
On January 6, 2019, Ahmed Suale was shot three times; twice in the chest and another in the neck by unidentified men near his family home in Madina.
The murder came shortly after the release of the ‘Number-12′ documentary by Tiger Eye PI, exposing illicit conduct of top football administrators in Ghana.
When Tiger Eye aired its investigation, the Member of Parliament for Assin North, Kennedy Agyapong began a campaign of hostility against the team, saying he was offended by its undercover methods. On his own TV station, he exposed the face of the journalist and the neighbourhood in which he lived.
GJA president Affail Money, at a GJA/UNESCO migration training programme, said the unresolved murder case is one of the reasons for Ghana’s decline on the league of free media systems in Africa.
“This is one causal factor which tends to cause us to slip with decline on the league table of free media systems in Africa and the world. We expect our law and order community to scale up the efforts to expose the killers of Ahmed Suale and make them stand trial and if they are found guilty, they should taste the bitter end of the law.”
