NPP and NDC supporters clash in Oguaa

The political calm which settled over the Cape Coast municipality after the elections, was marred on Monday when supporters of the NPP and NDC clashed during a street procession by supporters of the NPP on Monday afternoon.

The clash, resulted in about five supporters of the NPP sustaining various degrees of burns when hot palm nuts soup was thrown into their midst.

The injured, who were treated and discharged at the Cape Coast district hospital have lodged complaints with the police who are investigating the incident.

Narrating the incident to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Tuesday, Mr Emmanuel Amponsah, second vice-chairman of the Cape Coast constituency branch of the NPP, alleged that following utterances made by some NDC activists last Saturday to the effect that Ms Christine Churcher has become insane and had been put in chains at a healing centre at Edumfa near Cape Coast, she came to town on Monday to assure her supporters that she was hale and hearty.

He said Ms Churcher as a result, went on a street procession accompanied by supporters of the party and alleged that when the procession reached Kotokoraba, some NDC supporters rained insults on her.

Some women who operate a 'chop bar' nearby and are said to be supporters of the NDC poured the soup into their midst, he said.

Meanwhile some members of the NDC are also said to have lodged complaints of attacks on them by supporters of the NPP with the police.

Addressing supporters of the party later at the 'London Bridge', Ms Churcher expressed concern about attempts by the NDC in Cape Coast to discredit her and asked them to give her "the peace of mind" to enable her discharge her duties effectively.

The MP, who was full of joy, spent the greater part of her address calling for prayers by Ghanaians to enable the government build Ghana "into a happy and prosperous nation".