A journalist with Takoradi-based Connect FM has been granted a ¢50,000 bail by the Takoradi Harbour Circuit Court. Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson was arrested by the Police for his all
The report indicates that a journalist with Takoradi-based Connect FM has been granted a ¢50,000 bail by the Takoradi Harbour Circuit Court.
It further notes that nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson was arrested by the Police for his alleged involvement in publishing a fake kidnapping incident at Mpohor in the Western Region.
He has, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges of publication of false news with the intent of causing fear and alarm to the public contrary to the Public Order Act and false publication of news through an electronic device.
The journalist is not the only one being prosecuted for the alleged fake kidnapping incident.
Stephen Kumi, the boyfriend of the woman alleged to have been kidnapped, has also pleaded not guilty to the two charges.
He is still on remand, expected to reappear in court on Tuesday, November 16, 2021.
Last month, the news went viral of the alleged abduction of Stephanie Kumiwaa, 26, at Mpohor in the Western Region.
But the Police, in a statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs at the Western Regional Police Command, DSP Olivia Adiku, stated that checks at “Mpohor Police District Command indicated that no such case had been reported there.”
Mr Kumi informed the Police during interrogation that he met the victim on Facebook, and they started dating.
On October 17, 2021, Stephanie called to inform Stephen that she was visiting him, but he did not show up.
But on October 19, Stephen received a call from a friend of Stephanie’s that someone called on her (Stephanie’s) phone, claiming that she had been kidnapped.
The suspected abductors demanded a ransom of ¢2,000.
The Police stated Stephen Kumi was escorted to Mpohor, but all efforts to locate the residence, family relations of Stephanie and Sandra for confirmation of the alleged incident proved futile.
“The Western Regional Police Command wants to use this opportunity to remind the media that they should crosscheck all information from the Command for confirmation before publications are done.
