The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the New Juaben North Constituency has declared that it will fight back the National Democratic Congress (NDC) if need be.
This was disclosed by the constituency secretary of the party, Asante Antwi, at a press conference on Monday, November 21 to address issues concerning a violent clash between supporters of the two leading parties on Sunday, November 20 at Asokore in the Eastern Region.
Sunday’s clash between supporters of the two biggest parties several injuries. The clash happened as supporters of both parties went on their separate, but simultaneous health walks as part of campaign activities in the lead-up to the 7 December polls.
According to the NPP, “If they (NDC) dare attempt it again, we shall return with a much forceful potent measure. They shall have an overdose of their own poison.”
Mr Antwi said they would “not fold their arms onto their laps for plain thugs and assassins clothed in NDC party colours to make life difficult for them”, adding: “We shall not allow them.”
He further entreated the police to arrest and prosecute the NDC attackers to curtail further violence.
Meanwhile, the NDC, in a statement, has also accused the NPP of attacking its members without provocation.
“This attack is obviously a well-rehearsed one considering the fact that the police had to prevent a similar attack on our members by thugs from the NPP at the Oyoko roundabout earlier this morning. The NPP continues to deface posters and destroy billboards of their political opponents,” Mark-Oliver Kevor, the Eastern regional secretary of the NDC, said in a statement.
“The NPP is very much aware of the humiliating defeat that awaits them as we inch closer to the December 7 general elections, hence has adopted this childish and disgraceful tactic just to intimidate our people and scare them from coming out in their numbers to vote for President John Dramani Mahama and our parliamentary candidates on election day.”·
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