A 38-year-old journalist was killed in a car accident in Yeji.
Peter Asabesi, 38, a journalist with Yeji-based Gyimah 102.3 FM in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region, has died in a horrific accident, GhanaWeb can confirm.
The incident occurred around 5:40 p.m. on Thursday, September 1, 2022, on the main Yeji-Kojobour road, near the unfinished Community Centre near the Commercial Bank.
Peter Asebi, also known as Efo or Akurugu on the air, was riding his motorcycle towards Kojobofour when he collided with a truck belonging to Gyikas Filtered Drinking Water with the registration number AS 79-53-10.
He reportedly passed out as a result of the impact and was rushed to the Yeji Mathias Catholic Hospital, but he was later transferred to the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, where he died on Saturday, September 3, 2022.
He was the host of the Mid-Morning Show on Gyimah FM until his death, and he had previously worked with Alive FM in Yeji.
He is survived by a three-month-old daughter.
The death of the journalist who was able to mesmerize his listeners with both Ewe and Northern accents has since thrown the whole township into a state of mourning.
An ardent listener of the late journalist, Faustina Yawa, described his death as shocking and a big blow to all radio listeners in the area to GhanaWeb Bono Regional Correspondent, Frank Aboagye.
“Efo’s death is shocking to me and I don’t know what to say. I am just short of words that such a good journalist will die at this time but such is life and I can only wish him well.”
The Morning Show Host and Marketing Manager of Gyimah FM, Twum-Barima Bernard, told GhanaWeb that they are yet to come to terms with the sudden demise of their colleague.
He described him as a very hardworking colleague whose vacuum will be difficult to be filled by the station because of his dexterity on air.
"It is true that one of our colleagues was killed in a terrible accident. His death has come as a shock to us because he was one of our hardworking journalists, and we have yet to come to terms with it. "As I speak, we have suspended all of our programs because the workers are on strike," he explained.
Meanwhile, attempts to speak with Yeji Police about the accident at the time of filing this report were futile, but GhanaWeb is reliably informed that the truck driver was arrested but has since been granted bail.
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