Actress Lydia Forson has reported she was assaulted Monday by a security officer while on location filming a movie.
It is unclear what might have triggered the disagreement resulting in the alleged assault but a video posted by the actress on Facebook captures her and the security man engaged in a verbal altercation.
The actress narrating her ordeal said in a post on her blog, lydiaforson.com, that the incident occurred around the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) in Cantonments, Accra on Monday.
“I was psychically assaulted by a national security official (or so he claimed). I’ve heard the stories of the “boys boys” who’ve become oh so powerful because they’re on the payroll of one “Big Man” (most times a politician in power).
“They usually don’t have any real title and no specialities other than the endorsement from their 'meal ticket'; but that’s enough to make them feel they can get away with just about anything, it’s enough for them to assault people at the Flagstaff house, storm a courtroom and assault a judge etc.
“But I’ll be damn (dumb?) if I become just another statistic, a number they get to put into their little black book, belch over cheap bottles of beer and laugh about how they “shook her”.
“See, I know my rights, and not only that, I’m not afraid to stand my ground. This knowledge is the ONLY reason why I made it out today; it’s the only reason why only my arm hurts and not the rest of my body,” she narrated.
Follow this link for her full narration.
When myjoyonline.com contacted Lydia Forson, she distressed and had lost her voice.
She said she didn’t want to comment on the incident except to say the security man hit her arm.
Watch the video below:
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