Tense calm
returned to the streets of the Upper West region town of Lawra, days after
armed loyalists of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) attacked their constituency
chairman, Alhaji Mohammed Donkor.
He was
reportedly in a party branded pick up when the irate youth attacked occupants
of the vehicle including his driver and seized the vehicle in the process.
The incident
happened on Sunday at about 11:30 am, according to media reports.
“We returned
from Brifor Chaa where we went for a campaign. So when we got to Lawra I asked
the driver to go and drop some people who travelled from the village to support
us in the campaign.
“So it was on
his way that Karbo’s boys attacked him with cutlasses and took my vehicle
away,” he told Accra-based Joy FM.
The Ghana
Police Service, according to the NPP Chairman is investigating the case.
Upper West
Regional Organiser of the NPP, Mustapher Goveh revealed that party executives
have been brought to speed on the alleged attack.
According to him, Alhaji Mohammed Donkor has been accused of
using the party’s pickup to campaign against the Lawra MP and Deputy Minister
of Roads and Highways, Anthony Abaefaa Karbo.
But some party supporters claim the regional executives of
the party have already taken sides in the feud between the Lawra MP and the
party chairman.
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