The Independent writes in its banner story that the battle against the private press took a primitive turn in the wee hours of Monday morning when some unidentified persons smeared the entrance to the offices of the Crusading Guide with human excreta or faeces.
The attack reportedly, comes two weeks after the paper was subjected to another form of intimidation – the arrest of senior reporter Sedi Bansah, by the military on the orders of Dr Tony Aidoo, Deputy Minister of Defence.
The Editor of the Crusading Guide, Mr. Kweku Baako Jnr, reportedly told the Independent that he discovered the incident at about 6.00 am when he stepped out of his house, in the same premises to go to his office.
“What greeted him was a pungent scent. Lying before him were human faeces smeared all over the entrance to his office. Some of the faeces were still in the black Polythene bags that the attackers had left at the entrance to the office,” the paper said.
A security guard at an adjoining office indicated seeing a saloon car sped off from the area at about 4.00 am and expressed the belief it might have carried out the act.
A composed Baako however, told the Independent that he had full pity for those behind the act, adding that, they do not know who they are dealing with since nothing could stop him and his staff from pursing a crusade for human rights in Ghana.
