The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been hit by another tragedy following the death of the party’s chairman for Ahafo Ano South West Constituency.
Mr. Anthony Osei Yaw Akoto passed on at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) on Wednesday, May 5, 2016.
He had been admitted to the Hospital and receiving treatmentment after sustaining multiple injuries from a fatal accident which occurred last week.
He is reported to have been involved in the accident on Monday when a vehicle he was driving somersaulted several times.
The chairman was touring the constituency when the incident occurred. The cause of the accident was immediately not known.
Party members familiar with the situation say the late chairman was on his usual rounds observing the ongoing Limited Voter Registration exercise.
The late chairman is said to have suffered several injuries in the ribs and the neck, and was receiving treatment at the Accident and Emergency Centre at KATH but gave up the ghost when he had no strength to carry on.
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, aka Chairman Wontumi, who confirmed the incident, told journalists that the party would visit the constituency on Friday, May 7, 2016, to meet with the family and discuss the way forward.
He said the party would dearly miss the late constituency chairman whom he described as hardworking and dedicated to the course of the party.
The Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition has for the past few months lost some notable personalities among its rank and file.
The party in April buried two of its illustrious sons, former National Chairman, Jake Otanka Obetsebi Lamptey and J. B. Danquah-Adu, former MP for Abuakwa North who was gruesomely murdered by a 19 year-old boy.
The NPP late last year also lost its Upper East Regional Chairman, Adam Mahama as a result of acid attack.
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