Former President John Dramani Mahama has offered a personal apology to a Joy FM reporter, Kwesi Parker Wilson, after a member of his security detail assaulted the journalist.

A statement issued and signed by spokesperson for the  John Mahama 2020 Campaign Team, James Agyenim Boateng shortly after the incident assured the journalist that the issue is being investigated.

The Joy FM reporter was reportedly slapped by the bodyguard, whose identity is yet to be known.

The incident occurred at the start of Mr Mahama’s five-day tour of the Greater Accra Region ahead of the December 7 presidential primary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Narrating what had happened to Joy News, Parker said he was with the former president when he was campaigning at the Pentecost University as part of his five-day tour of the Greater Accra Region.

After speaking to the students, it was announced that the ex-president was going to meet the authorities of the university, something Parker was interested in covering.

However, one of the security details protecting the ex-president will not allow Parker and his camera man access claiming journalists were not invited.

An attempt by Parker to explain to the security officer that he was with the ex-president and had been covering all his activities did not go down well with him.

“You are challenging my authority” he quoted the security detail as saying.

“He started pushing me” Parker narrated, before he [officer] unleashed a hefty slap, he added.

“I went blank and fell,” he said, adding, “as I speak to you my right eye is teary.”

In a statement to apologize to the journalist, office of the ex-president added that the in-charge security has been informed about the incident.

“The matter is duly being investigated,” the statement on Monday said.