The chairman of the National Peace Council, Prof. Emmanuel Asante, has condemned attacks on supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) by sympathizers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Hours after the declaration of the NPP’s flag bearer, Nana Akufo-Addo by the Electoral Commission (EC) as Ghana’s president-elect, reports of alleged vandalism and assaults perpetrated by supporters of the NPP percolated the media.
Starr News’ Western regional correspondent, Emmanuel Ohene Gyan reported on Monday that a member of the NDC had been murdered by an NPP surrogate at Sefwi-Wiaso.
That was the second time in two days a member of the vanquished ruling party is being attacked and killed by a member of the victorious New Patriotic Party, following the presidential and parliamentary polls.
The deceased, Kwame Owusu, was reportedly attacked by his assailant, Dr. Bonney, after the two engaged in a heated political exchanges after the declaration of the results by the electoral commission.
Such reports, according to Prof Asante are “barbaric” and must be condemned by all peace loving Ghanaian.
The president elect at this stage, he told Accra-based Class FM in an interview “needs the peace of mind to put a team together to think through issues and we should not add to the trouble. This is not the time for people do those kinds of things… and so the supporters who are doing this should know they are doing a lot of harm to mother Ghana.”
Meanwhile, the NDC youth have indicated that its supporters would be forced to retaliate if the attacks on them persist.
“We the NDC youth will not fold our arms while our people are attacked violently,” warned the party’s National Youth Organiser, Sidi Abubakar on Monday at a press conference in Accra.
"We shall reply in equal measure whenever we are attacked by NPP supporters. A tooth for a tooth, an arm for an arm,” he added.
Source: starrfmonline.com
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How certain are you that it is NPP supporters attacking NDC? Please get your facts right
Which investigations informed the fake peace council that the attackers are NPP party operatives? They are quick to react to anything purpoted to be coming from the NPP camp. When it is the other way round they develop the deaf and dumb syndrome. Such use**less body!
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Why should you kill your neighbor for a Party? It is about ideas, he could change his mind to your side someday. The youth should desist from heated argument. This is uncall for and must be stopped immediately. We need absolute peace and tolerant in GHANA. Do not retaliate, if is wrong in the past, it is wrong today
When did u surface again,when npp supportors were being cutlas where were u,bcos Mahama bought u big cars to shut ur mouths ur master is gone so ur back in full swing,stop the hypocrisy Is God and the Ghanaian pple themselves that made the peace happen u didnt do anything...we were all in this country.May God forgive you.... Shame ur pay master is gone,Nana will not dash u money like mahama did bcos he is not corrupt..... They took bribe from mahama so now their ndc footsoldiers,Abeiko santa was call invincible force ***barred word*** and dos.....incincible force show him something small since their pay master has lost they have to be doing his biding least he call them to refund the money,***barred word*** pple,Oleoleole....
The first question u should ask is whydidnt NPP's attack when they were defeated but rather attacking when they have won. If u look at Ato Kunjoes constituency for instant the NDC man simply doesnt want to accept defeat as the NPP man accepted in 2012 even to the extent of attacking the EC officer there, is rather the commuities defending their people from NDC guys and not NPP and if it is then both sides should be warned and not only NPP
where were you when collins dauda brother made live confessions of murdering HUMAN lives for 20 years ? ENOUGH OF YOUR HYPOCRICY.