Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC’s) director of elections and information technology, has urged the National Peace Council, traditional chiefs, and everyone else who values peace to speak out against the violence that marred the NPP’s most recent super delegates conference (NPP).
Ali Zakaria, an agent for one of the candidates, Mr. Alan Kyerematen, was struck in the eye during the voting on August 26 and had to be brought to the Baptist Medical Center (BMC) for medical treatment.
According to Dr. Omane Boamah, the violence specifically occurred when democracy in the disputed sub-region was in danger.
“The NPP engineered violence in Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election went unpunished,” he claimed in a statement. Following that, eight (8) innocent Ghanaians were brutally murdered during the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. Also, no one was prosecuted for the authorized military invasion of the chamber of parliament on January 7, 2021, at dawn.
“The Akufo-Addo Bawumia-led NPP descended hard on its own during the recently concluded blood-tainted Super Delegates elections clash, leaving blood seeping facial injuries, the truth being that their ambition for power knows no bounds. There are questions for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, but he has chosen to disregard them just as he has not responded to pertinent inquiries about the economy.
“Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen may not survive this violence from the Bawumia camp, but NPP must understand this is the last time violence will deliver victory to them.
“Peace-loving Ghanaians, including the religious and traditional leaders, must speak out against violence, particularly when democracy is threatened in our contested sub-region.
“Trust that the NDC shall defeat this violent NPP mob in 2024. I urge all non-registered voters to register from 12th September 2023.”
