Angry youth numbering about 30 on
February 17, 2014, stormed the premises of Gift
FM a privately owned radio
station at Dormaa Ahenkro - a town in the Brong Ahafo region.
The
action of the youth followed a news item aired on an alleged banishment of one
Fred Yeboah, by the Dormaa traditional council.
Kwabena Boahene, station manager of Gift FM told the MFWA, the chief of Dormaa,
Osagyefo Oseadeyo Nana Agyeman Badu (II) at a gathering on February 17,
announced the banishment of Yeboah who is the general manager of the
Presbyterian Hospital in the town. The chief then cautioned media men present
at the gathering not to carry any news item on the banishment.
Reasons for the action of the
chief were not disclosed and remain unknown.
“Because we defied the chief’s
orders, the youth attacked us and caused extensive damage to our property and
even wanted to set fire to the station with a gallon of petrol they came along
with.”, Boahene said.
