Artist Ibrahim Mahama Says Police Attack in Ghana Put His ‘Entire Life On Hold’

Ghanaian contemporary artist Ibrahim Mahama announced plans to file charges against the Ghana Police Service after allegedly being violently attacked by officers from a unit called the Black Maria. Mahama states he was accosted on a bus in Tamale, sustaining severe facial injuries including broken teeth and bruising that forced him to cancel an international lecture and work tour. The police have denied the claims, stating the unit in question was not in the region at the time.