The 55-year-old sympathiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who allegedly assaulted a JoyNews reporter during the coverage of the party’s Ashanti Regional Chairman’s arrest at the headquarters of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has been remanded. Court remands NPP sympathiser over assault on journalist
Aside from assaulting the journalist, Theophilus Kpakpo Thompson, is said to have threatened Latif Iddrisu that, “Today is your last day, we know where you are coming from and we know what we can do”.
Thompson, who appeared before the Accra Circuit Court today (June 9) has been charged with two counts of assault and threat of death.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges and have been remanded to re-appear on June 18.
Efforts are being made to arrest other suspects in connection with the case.
Meanwhile, Iddrisu has lodged a fresh complaint against another suspect who allegedly threatened him to withdraw the criminal case.
Prosecution’s facts
Narrating the facts of the case, Chief Inspector Olivia Ofori-Atta said on May 27 this year, EOCO arrested Bemard Antwi Boasiako a.k.a Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP at their office in Accra.
Some supporters of the NPP, she said massed up in front of the EOCO to protest the arrest of Chairman Wontumi.
On the same day, at about 7:00 p.m, C/Insp Ofori-Atta said the journalist, who is the complainant in the case, was on duty at the scene to do a live broadcast on the 7:00 pm news on JoyNews.
“In the process, some of the supporters of the NPP claimed that, the complainant was making a false broadcast.
“Based on that, some of the supporters including the accused person rushed on him and hit him on his head and ribs with their hands. Some of them also hit the complainant with stones and spat on him,” the prosecutor said.
Again, she said the accused person and his accomplices who remain at large threatened the complainant with words to wit; “Today is your last day, we know where you are coming from and we know what we can do”.
The complainant, she said reported the matter to the Police and he was issued with a Police Medical Report Form to attend hospital.
“The Medical Report submitted confirmed that, the complainant was indeed assaulted.
“A video footage of the incident was obtained and reviewed which identified the accused person and others at large as the persons who assaulted and threatened the complainant,” the prosecutor said.
On June 7, 2025 acting on intelligence, the Police arrested the accused person at James Town in Accra.
According to the prosecution, the accused person in his statement, admitted being present at the scene and also hitting the complainant.how
