Ghanaian journalist, Afia Pokuaa, popularly known as Vim Lady suspects that the NPP boys who attacked UTV on Saturday got an insider accomplice.
In her recent post on Facebook, Afia Pokuaa explained that there was no way the thugs could locate the UTV studio and bypass the security at the premises.
The intrusion of the alleged NPP hooligans disrupted the airing of UTV’s ‘United Showbiz’ program last Saturday, causing its delay and a long commercial break.
On Saturday, 7th October, 2023, during the United Showbiz program, some unidentified men stormed the premises of UTV to attack Kwame A-Plus, who is a panelist of the show. According to these thugs, Kwame A-Plus disrespected by destroying a letter they sent to media house.
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Kwame A-Plus, who spoke later on the show believed that it was Ernest Owusu Bempah, NPP communications team member, who ordered these thugs to go on such operation.
This comes after a group of individuals purportedly affiliated with the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) stormed the studios of UTV, causing an abrupt halt to the live broadcast of the popular show, United Showbiz
The shocking incident unfolded approximately seven minutes into the program.
Reports that emerged following the disruption of the show suggest that the intruders had entered the studio with hostile intentions. Their primary objective seemed to be confronting Kwame Asare Obeng, widely known as A Plus, a regular panel member on United Showbiz.
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Subsequent videos shared on social media portrayed a chaotic scene within the UTV studio, with several men loudly demanding A Plus’s presence.
“We are waiting for A Plus today… A Plus has to explain to us why he tore our paper from the NPP party. We are here, we are waiting for A Plus. We are protecting our party property,” one of the men can be heard shouting in the studio