Tempers are rising in Suhum as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) accuses the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for allegedly removing banners and flags of NDC.
According to the NDC, the missing banners and flags should be blamed on the NPP led by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the area.
Former President John Mahama as gathered was initially slated to attend a traditional event in Suhum over the weekend but his invitation was later canceled.
Owing to this, the NDC’s constituency executive hoisted the party’s flags and John Mahama’s banners in Suhum township to welcome the former President.
But the flags and banners were removed allegedly on the instruction of the MCE, Margret Darkwa.
A statement by the National Democratic Congress in Suhum on Monday stated that the party has “learnt with great disappointment, to the destroying of NDC’s flags hoisted on the principal streets of Suhum township by NPP thugs led by the Suhum MCE.
“Before our people could say anything, these NPP hooligans with the MCE visibly involved, started destroying our party flags”.
The statement issued by Dove Maxwell, constituency communications officer further stated that ”NPP is very much aware of the humiliating defeats that await them as we inch closer to December 7, 2024, General elections hence have 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”.
“However, we will be forced to retaliate in double measure if they don’t put a stop to these acts”.
The statement further said “We have constantly challenged them on issues and called for a comparison of achievements of the two parties. Suhum deserves mature politicking and campaigning of and on issues. Suhum does not deserve this needless instigation and antagonistic attitude”.
“We call on the security agencies to urgently investigate these series of attacks and appropriately call to order the perpetrators and assigns in other to boost the confidence of Constituents in the constituency and the region at large.”
“Suhum Constituency is a very peaceful place, hence this shameful act being executed by the NPP and the MCE to destabilize the seeming peace enjoyed should be of great concern to all and sundry” the statement said.
Source: theGhanaianvoice.com
