The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has given the Ghana Police Service until March 2025 to show significant progress in resolving the murder case of investigative journalist Ahmed Suale.
The Association said that if no considerable progress was made in the investigation of Suale's murder by March 2025, it would take the case to the ECOWAS Court of Justice.
At a press conference in Accra on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, President of the GJA, expressed frustration over the six-year delay in resolving Ahmed Suale's murder, calling it a failure of the justice system and a blow to both journalist safety and Ghana's international reputation. "It is very unfortunate and, indeed, disappointing that six years after the murder of Ahmed Suale, no arrest has been made.
What is even more disheartening is the lackadaisical police investigations into the murder. "We urge the Inspector-General of Police, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice-designate and the President to take keen interest in this case," he said.
