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Independent investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has said that despite threats to his life, he will not back down in his fight against corruption.
The anti-corruption journalist said that if personal safety is prioritized over the progress of the country, the people will do nothing and everyone will suffer the consequences.
“I will do the right thing and trust that God will protect me,” he said Monday. JoyFM Morning Super Show (SMS).
His comment comes after he revealed that he received a death threat following an article he wrote about the country’s recent elections and the outcome.
The article titled, ‘ERRORtoral’ Commission and Akufo-Addo Coup, ‘discussed the anomalies with the Techiman Sur parliamentary results and the non-participation of the people of the Santrokfi, Akpafu, Lolobi and Likpe (SALL) areas in the voting process.
The two problems, if not resolved before the next parliament is formed, could result in what Manasseh Azure describes as a “blow against the legislative arm of the government.”
However, someone who was unhappy with the article and felt that the journalist, through the article, sided with the opposition NDC on the two constituency issues, sent him an email on Christmas Day saying that Manasseh was “lucky to keep walking as a free man. “
Mr. Azure Awuni, admitted on Joy SMS that he had suffered several attacks in the performance of his duty as a journalist, including various complaints and falsehoods that were sold against him.
However, “when there comes a point where his life is in danger, I think it is very serious and no one should take it lightly,” he said.
“I have said that if someone is not suicidal, they definitely do not want to die when that may not be the natural order.
“So no matter how brave or who he is or whatever he is, if his life is being threatened and he has something to live for, he will take it seriously,” he said.
Amid all the threats, Manasseh Azure is also optimistic that no man can kill himself against God’s will.
“If God wants me to die defending what is right, then I will die a death of nobility, even if no one appreciates what I have done,” he said.
In addition, he noted that the fight against corruption, while difficult, becomes more difficult if “the very people you are fighting for do not even appreciate that you are sacrificing for them and join the oppressors to attack you.”
“If you are living your life and you know that there are people who want you dead, obviously you would be afraid. So, in my opinion, courage is not the absence of fear, but sometimes you need to tell yourself: “I will not be intimidated by that fear,” he added.
