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Some of us spotted the lapses in Citi FM’s approach to Caleb’s arrest that same day. But that does not cast doubt on the account of Caleb. The fact that the story of his assault was not told immediately does not mean it didn’t happen.

Apart from the assault, a number of basic details were also left out in Citi FM’s initial report, which I called to draw someone’s attention to get it fixed. I was compelled to write an article and publish it the following day when I still hadn’t seen that from the station and it appeared as though Caleb had committed a crime. But that does not in any way suggest that the assault angle was an afterthought.

Some of us have worked in establishments, and sometimes in order to keep employer-employee relationships, we allow certain things to slide. So, not every detail may make it to the public domain. But that should not in any way affect the account of Caleb. Any such grounds to discredit the young man is sinking sand.

I trust Caleb’s account. Those who deleted the evidence and leaked part of it to Asaase Radio are those we should doubt. Those who claimed that NOT EVEN ONE vehicle was left there–which turned out to be false–are those we should doubt.

If the content of the filming was so sensitive that both Caleb and Zoe had to be arrested and the content deleted from their phones, why would part of it be leaked to Asaase Radio?

And I don’t know when the supposed UNREGISTERED vehicles belonging to NAM 1 were seized, but some of the vehicles I see in the video leaked by Asaase Radio have been there since 2017 thereabout. There are also expensive and luxury Mercedes Benz vehicles that have been parked under the shed for years.

(I’m very familiar with that facility because I visited the place not at least SIX times between 2017 and 2020, including going there to film the MASLOC vehicles when all the 350 vehicles were still abandoned.)

The story is still unfolding. What we should be asking the National Security and the government is the outcome of the investigation into the arrest, detention and alleged torture of the modernghana.com journalists.

What crime did they commit? Why were they arrested? And what happened to the investigation?