The Upper East Regional correspondent of Accra based radio station Asaase 99.5 Senyalah Castro has vowed not cover upcoming NPP conference in the region hence is associated with the one time member of Parliament for the Lawra constituency in the Upper West region of Ghana Anthony Karbo who has become an aide to the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
Narrating his reasons for disliking Anthony Karbo, he said, Karbo threatened to beat him as he was doing his job and it took the intervention of a lieutenant with the Vice President’s military team who had been keenly monitoring, to remind Karbo the journalist was doing my job and yet Karbo persisted.
“Karbo didn’t even mind the soldier saying I was a journalist and so what. The soldier had to take me away with him to prevent me getting beaten by Karbo. I was left broken that day” He explained
Read full statement below:
Why I grind my teeth in anger when I see Anthony Karbo in the Upper East Region. I see flyers announcing that he would be one of the speakers at an NPP conference in the region this month. I won’t cover that conference even if the NPP promises to take me there in a helicopter.
And let me add that but for someone like Anthony Karbo, Vice President Bawumia would’ve had a good team. It beats my understanding why a kind, humble, tolerant Dr Bawumia would make arrogant Karbo his aide.
Now to why I dislike Karbo.
Sometime in the year 2020, Karbo threatened to beat me simply because I was doing my job as a Journalist. Vice President Bawumia and then Upper East Regional minister, Tangoba Abayage had gone out on a tour of areas in the region affected by floods. That particular year saw heavy rains which caused a lot of havoc to many communities. One of such communities was Anateem. Several house were destroyed by the heavy rains, leaving several residents displaced. Resident had to seek shelter in the community school block. A government delegation, led by the Vice President visited those communities to offer them some relief items.
As is the ritual, a brief ceremony was held to present the relief items to the affected. Speakers including Vice President Bawumia took turns to address the gathering. When Tangoba took her turn to speak, I took out my sound recorder and then began to look for a place to position myself to take good visuals of her using my canon camera.
But before I would even take out my camera, someone began shoving me from the back and telling me to leave. It turned out to be Anthony Karbo. He said I was standing at the wrong place. I was confused because I was nowhere near Tangoba. I had even fitted my long lense to the camera, which means I was quite away from Tangoba to breach any security protocols. Moreover, I have covered so many of such government events to know to keep a good distance from high profile government figures.
Karbo began yelling and wouldn’t even listen to my explanation. He threatened to beat me if I don’t move. It took the intervention of a lieutenant with the Vice President’s military team, who had been keenly watching, to remind Karbo I was doing my job. Karbo didn’t even mind the soldier saying I was a journalist and so what. The soldier had to take me away with him to prevent me getting beaten by Karbo. I was left broken that day. And aside from my colleague Journalists who witnessed the drama, I have never discussed it anywhere.
Since that incident I have never liked Karbo – not once. Before that incident, I admired him because I saw him as someone who represented the youth of this country. I admired how he was robbing shoulders with the ‘big boys’ and making a voice for the youth. i was genuinely happy for him when he made it to Parliament. But after that single incident, I threw all that I had for him down the drain. I wasn’t surprised when Karbo lost the Parliamentary Election. Arrogant people like Karbo would surely create disaffection for Dr Bawumia and his message. Watch it!
Until I lost my phone recently, the lieutenant and I stayed in touch. We became very good friends.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana
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