NPP Thugs Assaults NDC Constituency Secretary

Some supporters of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) are said to have assaulted constituency secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Awutu Senya West in the Central region at a polling station.

The victim, Essibu Yartey said his only crime was to prevent his attackers from registering minors in the limited registration exercise at Korle-bu electoral area in Senya Breku.

Narrating his ordeal to Adom News, the NDC man noted that, the NPP had brought a lot of minors to be registered under the guise of using the voter ID cards in future.http://ghanapoliticsonline.com

“I protested until they went to bring the parents of the children who also told me they need the ID cards for mobile money services but I managed to prevent them” he added.

However, in an attempt to pick a challenge form from the Electoral Commission (EC) officer, a group of young men pounced on him and started beating him.

Essibu Yartey said he managed to escape and reported the matter at the Senya police station where he was given a medical form for treatment.

Meanwhile, the Senya District police Commander, ASP Boamponsem has confirmed the incidents to Adom News but could not give much detail.

He said the police has begun investigations into the matter to bring the culprits to book.