One feared dead in incident at NDC Ashanti regional office

One person is feared dead after chaos erupted, amidst gunshots at a meeting which was being chaired by the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress Johnson Asiedu Nketia at the party’s Ashanti regional office in Kumasi Monday, February 18, 2019.

According to eyewitnesses, the attackers, who are members of pro-NDC vigilante group, the Hawk, shot the deceased first in the thigh and as he was running towards the party’s office, the shooter got closer and shot him three times in stomach.

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But a statement issued and signed by the Regional Secretary of the party, Kwame Zu dismissed suggestions that the persons involved in the shooting were members of the party’s vigilante group, the Hawk.

According to him, the attackers who were on motorbikes who shot indiscriminately at persons who had gathered outside the party’s regional office and sped off.

He further called on the police to carry out a thorough investigation into the matter and bring the perpetrators to book.

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