According to the Member of Parliament, the police must make public its findings on the matter, to assure the public of its commitment to protecting lives irrespective of one’s social status.

[contextly_sidebar id=”FtQHjinacAXiQkVePpQyEqApfFHL3tbq”]”…bringing to a fair conclusion about what really happened. We need the truth to put the family at ease and to also give assurances that no matter who is involved, the police will rise up to the occasion. It is a sad occasion, my deepest condolences to the bereaved,” the legislator said.

Bismark Bebli was until his death, the editor of the General Telegraph newspaper.

He died on his birthday, January 13, 2017 when a vehicle ran over him and a police officer who had stopped him to interrogate him on the highway.

The police had been blamed for his death after some eyewitnesses alleged that officers from a nearby police post rushed their injured colleague to the hospital after the incident, leaving the severely injured Mr. Bebli behind, to his fate.

He was pronounced dead at the Kasoa Polyclinic where he was rushed to by some good samaritans after a referral from Justab Hospital at Kasoa.

The sketchy detail surrounding Mr. Bebli’s death has aroused calls by some journalists for a thorough police investigation to ascertain the truth about what actually happened.

His wife, Matilda recently petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), demanding the truth from the police on circumstances that led to her husband’s death.

She said, “I want the IGP to come out with something good, but they are not doing anything about it so that is why I have petitioned the IGP because he has left behind triplets for me to take care of and I don’t know how to take care of these children.”

Bismark Bebli was laid to rest on Saturday, March 12 at his hometown, Whuti in the Volta Region. Dignitaries present at the final funeral rites included the Member of Parliament North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa; aid to former president John Mahama, Joyce Bawa Mogtari; MP for Effutu constituency, Alexander Afenyo-Markin; a delegation of Ghanaian journalists led by GJA president, Affail Monney and a host of others.

Bismark Bebli, 48, was survived by a wife and three children.

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Mr. Bebli died when a vehicle ran over him and a police officer who had stopped him to interrogate him on the highway.

The police had been blamed for his [Mr Bebli] death after some eyewitnesses alleged that officers from a nearby police post rushed their injured colleague to the hospital after the incident, leaving the severely injured Mr Bebli behind, to his fate.

The final funeral rites of Mr Bebli was held at the Sureway Assemblies of God Church at Kasoa in the Central Region. In attendance were some members of the Ghana Journalist Assocation led by President Affail Monney.

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and a special aid to ex-president John Mahama, Joyce Bawa Mogtari were also present.

Toni Bebli, 48, is survived by his wife; Matilda Naa Ameley Bebli and three children; Kelvin Eklenam Bebli, Kezia Seyram Bebli and Kenneth Etornam Bebli.

His mortal remains has been transported to his hometown, Whuti, in the Volta Region, where he would be buried. 

‘Wife of journalist petitions IGP over husband’s death’

The late Bismark Bebi’s wife, Matilda Bebli has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), demanding the truth from the police on circumstances leading to her husband’s death.

According to the widow, Matilda Bebli, some of the conflicting accounts implicate the Police in the death of her husband.

In a Citi News interview, she said, “according to sources and eyewitnesses around the area, it was not a brake failure. It was a policeman that was struggling with the driver so in the course of that struggle, that led to the driver hitting my husband… apart from the struggle with the driver, they left my husband there. They took their own policeman away and they left my husband to die”

“I want the IGP to come out with something good, but they are not doing anything about it so that is why I have petitioned the IGP because he has left behind triplets for me to take care of and I don’t know how to take care of these children,” she said.

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She has subsequently petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) as she demands the truth from the police.

[contextly_sidebar id=”r8sEW0wXJitZQKaoo9zlKClAu0bW3RRA”]According to the widow, Matilda Bebli, some of the conflicting accounts implicate the Police in the death of her husband.

In a Citi News interview, she said, “they [the police] were saying that it was a brake failure. But according to sources and eyewitnesses around the area, it was not a brake failure. It was a policeman that was struggling with the driver so in the course of that struggle, that led to the driver hitting my husband.”

The accident occurred around the Kasoa Police Station when the once Chronicle reporter was knocked down together with a policeman on duty, by an Urvan mini bus with registration number GE 8252-12.

He was rushed to a hospital in the area for before he was referred to the Kasoa Polyclinic where he was pronounced dead.

Mrs. Bebli, however said her husband was not even given prompt medical attention, saying that, “apart from the struggle with the driver, they left my husband there. They took their own policeman away and they left my husband to die.”

“I want the IGP to come out with something good, but they are not doing anything about it so that is why I have petitioned the IGP because he has left behind triplets for me to take care off and I don’t know how to take care of these children,” she bemoaned.

Citi News’ efforts to reach the Police on the matter have so far been unsuccessful.

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