Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on well-meaning Ghanaians to condemn the attacks that characterised Saturday’s Super Delegates Conference of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He expressed surprise as to how an internal contest could result in acts of violence.For him, that is the legacy of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia especially when the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence and the election deaths of eight Ghanaians in 2020 come to mind.
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The 2024 flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) made this known in a couple of tweets right after the ruling party went to polls to elect five out of 10 aspirants for its November Presidential Primary.
The exercise on Saturday, August 26 was marred by attacks on some opponents. For instance, in the North East Region, a polling station agent of Alan Kyerematen, Ali Zakaria, was attacked, leaving him with swollen eyes.The agent of Ken Agyapong in the Upper West Region was alleged to have been chased out of the voting center, sparking fury in the Assin Central lawmaker.