NDC playing other tribes against Ashantis--NPP

The NPP and the alliance of minority parties in the Ashanti Region, said on Wednesday that allegations by the NDC that NPP supporters are attacking Ewes and other people of northern extraction resident in Ashanti are aimed at playing other ethnic groups against Ashantis.

They described the allegations as a "sinister propaganda" to portray the NPP as a purely Ashanti party. A statement in Kumasi by the NPP and other minority parties in the region in reaction to the allegation said wearing of veils is not limited to only Muslims of northern extraction.

The statement said there are many Akan-speaking Muslim women (Asante Nkramo) who also put on veil, but none of them has complained about any NPP supporter pulling their veils as alleged by some NDC fanatics.

It said the NPP and other minority parties have a large number of Muslim women as supporters but none of them has complained of being harassed by anybody.

The statement said some NDC activists have been putting on NPP T-shirts to engage in acts of intimidation and vandalism with the intent of bringing the NPP into disrepute and disaffection. The NPP and other minority parties assured all Zongo communities, all Muslims and people of other ethnic groups in the region of solidarity with them, saying as Ghanaians they are at liberty to live anywhere in the country without any fear of discrimination or intimidation.