The family of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, the investigative journalist who was shot dead on January 16, 2019, by unknown assailants have expressed their appreciation to individuals and groups that found time to commiserate following the death of Suale-Hussein’s murder.
The family said they are devastated and stunned by the loss, but will remain faithful to Allah the Almighty, knowing that Allah is the only one capable and able to expose the assailants and their sponsors to face punishment here on earth and hereafter.
At a press conference in Accra on Sunday, 20 January 20, 2019, the family said the late journalist started receiving death threats after his photographs were published on mainstream media and on social media.
“Hussein-Suale began experiencing threats to his life and reports of same from his immediate family and friends, only when details of his Ghanaian passport and photographs were shown and widely circulated on some TV stations and in the print media and social media platforms. Right after, Suale began receiving death threats and strange occurrences around himself and his environment; developments that caused him to make several reports to the police administration; an act that never saved him from the cruel hands of his assailants”, the family said.
A spokesman, Mustapha Iddrisu, who spoke on behalf of the family, said members of the family were ready and willing to cooperate and work with the security agencies to get to the bottom of the matter.
“The family is pursuing this matter in order to support the Ghanaian people to avert any further occurrence on other well-meaning Ghanaians whose photographs were shown alongside that of our son.”
“We call on the good people of Ghana to take their personal security seriously by taking note of strange and unusual movements and occurrences in and around their houses, neighbourhoods, communities and towns,’’ Mr. Iddrisu said.
Ahmed Suale was a key member of Tiger Eye PI, the investigative team of the ace undercover journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
He was shot three times by unidentified men riding a motorbike, twice in the chest and once in the neck, while he was driving home at Madina in Accra on Wednesday, January 16, 2019.
There has been global outrage from international organisations including world football governing body FIFA, the United Nations, the European and a U.S. Congressman who has petitioned the American government to impose a travel ban on Mr. Agyapong following the assassination of Ahmed Suale.
Mr. Agyapong had criticised the work of Tiger Eye PI and called on people to beat members of the team, including Ahmed Suale.
That was after the MP had premiered a video entitled: “Who watches the watchman”, in which he featured what he perceived to be alleged corrupt practices of the Tiger Eye PI team.
The premiere also revealed the identities and passports of some members of the Tiger Eye PI team, including Ahmed Suale.
However, Mr. Agyapong has denied any involvement in his death, saying he had no reason to kill the journalist.
According to the family, Ahmed Suale started receiving death threats immediately after his cover was blown and his pictures and passport put in the public domain.
“Right after that, Suale began receiving death threats and strange occurrences around him and his environment; developments that caused him to make several reports to the Police Administration; an act that never saved him from the cruel hands of his assailants,” Mr. Iddrisu said.
Mr. Agyapong’s video was in reaction to an investigative piece by Tiger Eye PI, ‘Number 12’ dubbed: “When misconduct and greed become the norm”.
The screening of Anas’s video at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on June 6, 2018 had to be paused several times to cool the “tempers” of viewers who were visibly shocked at the ease with which the investigative team easily bribed some referees, match commissioners and officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), the National Sports Authority (NSA) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
