“I am not afraid, I am not worried”.
Radio host Blessed Godsbrain Smart, popularly known as Captain Smart was suspended some few days back by Angel FM for allegedly repeatedly slandering government officials including President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his Veep, Dr Bawumia.
Recounting the events that led to his one-month suspension from the radio station, Captain Smart said his suspension letter signed by Dr Kwaku Oteng directs him to go off air for using harsh words on government officials including President Akufo-Addo, the Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh.
According to source, he[Captain Smart] was on numerous occasions advices by Dr Kweku Oteng to refrain from making such abusive comments about government officials.
In his[Captain Smart] statement, he had been engaged in an earlier conversation with Dr Oteng, who denied the concerns but when he started the show on May 6, 2021, he was called to go off the air and that was the start of his suspension.
“Well, the letter (suspension letter) says that I have been too hard on Nana Addo, the Vice President… They said I have been using some harsh words on the President, the Vice President and then the IGP and that he’s called me on several occasions to stop those things and I am not stopping and for that month I should proceed on suspension for one month…,” he said.
In accordance to the directives of the letter, he is supposed to resume work on June 4, 2021.
Meanwhile he reiterated that this suspension would not encroach him from criticising anybody in the country being it a celebrity or a government official.
“I am not afraid, I am not worried, I am not perturbed, I am not disturbed, I am a happy man, I am enjoying my family and the 30 days they say I should stay home, thank God man…”.
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