Ghanaian investigative journalist shot dead

Ghanaian investigative journalist, Ahmed Hussein-Suale has been shot dead and his employers have alleged assassination as nothing was taken from him.

Ahmed Hussein-Suale was said to be on his way home on Wednesday night when gunmen on a motorbike opened fire on his vehicle in Madina area of Accra, shooting him dead in three live rounds.

Hussein-Suale was a key personnel amongst a team of undercover investigators working with Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

A grieving Anas announced the development on Thursday morning, saying his late colleague was shot twice on the chest and once in the neck.

A video he posted alongside the death announcement showed a Ghanaian lawmaker making violent threats against Mr Hussein-Suale

Kennedy Agyapong said in the video, that the public should deal with Mr Hussein-Suale for a handsome reward.

Anas and his team have taken on several Ghanaian sectors to expose corruption, including the 2015 undercover that exposed judges as taking cash bribes which forced many of them to resign.