General News of Thursday, 29 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comAfter the release of the Ford Expedition gift investigative exposé prior to the 2016 general elections, Manasseh Azure Awuni, the investigative journalist behind the story was offered police protection but he turned it down. This was disclosed by Manasseh Azure Awuni himself on GTV’s ‘Moomen Tonight’ on Wednesday, April 28. During the interview, Awuni recalled a conversation he had with Dr Edward Omane Boamah, a then-minister on the night the Ford exposé was aired on Joy News. When asked how come a government who seeks to silence journalists especially you [Manasseh] would give police protection, Azure Awuni averred, “I am not saying that the government is seeking to silence Manasseh. Djibril Kanazoe, the Burkinabe contractor who supplied the gift, admitted giving President Mahama the Ford Expedition vehicle for which the president called to thank him.

Source: GhanaWeb April 29, 2021 06:22 UTC