General News of Tuesday, 8 November 2005
Source: GNA
Accra, Nov. 8, GNA - The Police on Tuesday asked the public to help trace the whereabouts of Mr Jojo Bruce-Quansah, Editor of the "Ghana Palaver", an Accra-based private newspaper.
Reliable sources at the Police Headquarters told the Ghana News Agency that the request followed a report lodged with the Police by Mr Kwamena Ahwoi, a leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), that Mr Bruce-Quansah had not been seen since this morning. The Police said it had been informed that the Editor had earlier in the day been seen with bloodstains in his dress. "The Police are looking for him and we are asking the public to report to the Police when they find him," the source said. Mr Bruce-Quansah has been in the news of late following heavy fines slapped on him for libel. Last Friday publishers of the newspaper launched "The Save the Ghana Palaver Fund" to enable it to pay a two billion-cedi court fine slapped on it. Mr Bruce-Quansah, Managing Editor, accompanied by his Deputy, Mr Ekow Essuman launched the fund in Accra to solicit financial assistance from the general public to pay the damages to save the paper from being closed down.