The Flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Alhaji Mohammed Frimpong, and his campaign team narrowly escaped harm after being attacked by armed men in the Bono Region.
The incident occurred late Tuesday, November 26, 2024, around 11 p.m., as the team was returning from a campaign tour in Namasa, Tain Constituency. The attack happened on the stretch of road between Nsakaw and Wenchi.
According to the Bono Regional Chairman of the NDP, Evans Ofori, the team initially mistook the armed men’s roadblock for a police checkpoint.
“We were on our way to Wenchi from Namasa, getting close to Wenchi, the policeman who was with us saw a barrier and told us to slow down, we thought it was a police barrier because when we were passing there in the morning there was a police barrier there [but] we saw armed men in masks who started firing at us, we had to reverse, our screens were hit and got damaged, fortunately, no one was seriously injured apart from the cuts from the glasses,” he stated.
Evans Ofori, however, praised the professionalism of the police officer accompanying them, whose swift actions, according to him, helped save lives.
The incident also prompted a rapid response from a police patrol team, which arrived shortly after and escorted the NDP team to Wenchi.
At Wenchi, the team reported the attack and provided their statements to the police.
“When the incident happened within a short time, the police patrol was around, and they escorted us to Wenchi, where we wrote our statement at a police station.
“I must commend the police officer who was with us. He acted professionally to save our lives, and our flagbearer and the team are all safe,” he added.
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