The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party
(NPP) at the Jaman South constituency, Alhaji Abu has said the party will
ensure that the perpetrators of the alleged whipping of a
party communicator at the Drobo palace are brought to book.
In an interview with Adom News,
he stated that the punishment was unwarranted and inhumane on the part of the
perpetrators.
According to him, before the
elections, the Party sensitised its members on upholding peace in all their
activities. He, therefore, found it is very unfortunate that a member of the
NPP was subjected to such ill-treatment.
He asked party supporters to
remain calm as the Party works with the police to investigate the incident.
“We are not comfortable with
what took place and as a political party I must admit, we will not sit down,
because we can’t allow our members to suffer like that,” he said
“As a political party, our main
motive was to ensure peace before, during and after the elections. So whatever
reason, I wonder why anybody should do that (lash someone).
“Even if the person has
committed an offence and there is even an evidence to that, they should allow
the court to take its course,” he said
His reaction comes on the back of reports that indicated that
one Isreal Kofi Baffour Asare had been lashed for insulting the Queen-mother of
the Drobo Traditional Area in the Bono Region.
Mr Baffour Asare is said to have described the Nana Yaa
Ansuaa with some unpleasant words and was, therefore, subjected to 40 lashes
and admonished to be of good behaviour.
However, the leaders of Drobo Traditional Area have debunked
the allegation.
According to them, they had no hand in the activity and have
since distanced themselves from the act.
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