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The
New
Patriotic
Party
(NPP)
in
the
Ayawaso
West
Wuogon
Constituency
in
the
Greater
Accra
Region
has
expressed
deep
regret
and
sadness
over
the
attack
of
its
campaign
office
on
Sunday,
July
7
by
some
persons
they
claim
are
members
of
the
National
Democratic
Congress
(NDC).
According
to
the
NPP
constituency
branch,
they
are
shocked
by
the
incident,
describing
it
as
an
affront
to
democracy.
Giving
a
blow-by-blow
narration
of
the
5-hour
standoff
at
its
campaign
office,
the
NPP
said
the
incident
lingered
on
until
police
arrived
to
calm
the
situation.
In
a
statement
signed
by
Constituency
Secretary
Alhaji
Issah
Sawadogo
on
Monday,
July
8,
the
party
said:
“At
about
4:30pm
on
Sunday,
July
7,
2024,
the
NPP
Constituency
Organizer
(Mr.
Agyenim
Boateng)
was
supervising
a
meeting
on
behalf
of
the
Member
of
Parliament,
Hon.
Lydia
Seyram
Alhassan,
with
some
sections
of
Party
Volunteers
and
Constituency
Executives.
“To
our
uttermost
surprise,
there
appeared
a
group
of
people
led
by
the
NDC
Constituency
Women’s
Organiser
of
Ayawaso
West
Wuogon,
Madam
Victoria
Naematu
Nadolie
Abdulai,
and
the
NDC
Constituency
Youth
Organiser,
Theophilus
Kodzo
Bedzrah,
who
broke
into
our
premises
and
forcefully
entered
the
main
hall
where
the
meeting
was
held.
“They
started
filming
the
meeting
and
subsequently
pounced
on
the
people
fiercely.
The
unfortunate
incident
led
to
grave
assault
on
our
Constituency
Organizer
(Mr.
Yaw
Agyenim
Boateng)
who
sustained
severe
injuries
and
bruises
all
over
the
body,
and
mass
destruction
of
properties
within
the
premises
including
some
plastic
chairs.
“Amid
the
unforeseen
circumstances,
Madam
Victoria,
the
NDC
Women’s
Organizer,
called
some
thugs
from
the
NDC
Greater
Accra
Regional
office
led
by
Mr
Ottu,
the
NDC
Constituency
Chairman
of
Ayawaso
Central
who
was
accompanied
by
some
20
macho
men.
“These
men
came
in
to
cause
further
destruction
of
properties
leading
to
the
damages
of
our
two
cars.
We
are
shocked
by
this
repulsive
action
orchestrated
by
the
NDC
women’s
organizer
as
it
is
an
upfront
to
our
democracy.
We
are
therefore
by
this
notice,
calling
on
the
Ghana
Police
Service
to
arrest
the
assailants
who
were
involved
in
the
mayhem.
The
arrest
and
approach
of
the
police
would
go
a
long
way
to
deter
others
from
future
occurrences
of
these
unpardonable
acts.”
Police
declare
seven
people
wanted
in
connection
with
attack
on
NPP
Ayawaso
West
Wuogon
office
So
far,
one
person
has
been
arrested
by
the
police
while
seven
have
been
declared
wanted.