National Democratic Congress [NDC] Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George has said he will not accept the apology rendered by Mohammed Sulemana, the man who assaulted him.

According to Sam George, his name was not mentioned in the apology and it was not directed to him, which means Mohammed Sulemana apologised to the country.

“The gentleman did not mention my name in his apology when he was giving his testimony on Friday. So he is apologising to the country. I am not in a position to accept for the country. I didn’t hear a specific apology to me for the assault,” he said.

Mohammed Sulemana, a member of the National Security SWAT team, admitted, before the Emile Short Commission on Friday, that he erred after he was caught on camera assaulting MP for Ningo Prampram, Sam George during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election.

He, however, said he was provoked by ethnocentric insults allegedly uttered by the MP “the moment he saw my tribal marks.”

Mohammed Sulemana was seen in the viral video descending from a pick-up and hitting Sam George.

According to him, Sam George “was shouting around the place” and “that is why I came down to knock him.”

But the National Security personnel said he was unaware at the time that Sam George was an MP.

“Even if he is in front of me, I can’t identify him,” he told the Short commission on Friday.

He also said “what he [Sam George] was doing and the way he was acting didn’t make him seem like a Member of Parliament. If I had known that this was an MP, I would never have done that. I was guilty of what I did. I regretted all I did. Whenever you err or offends somebody, what you need to say is I am sorry, I will not do that again.”

He also noted that “usually when I go on operations, I sit in the car until when there is any arrest before I come down to assist with the arrest.”