Nzema Chiefs Debunk NDC Lies

The chiefs and people of Kegyina, a farming community and a suburb of Axim in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western region, have expressed misgivings about rumours of a purported attack on the parliamentarian for Evalue-Gwira, Catherine Afeku.

Chief of Kegyina, Nana Asaba IV, noted that his community had received bad publicity from sections of the media that his people staged a violent demonstration that resulted in Ms Afeku being pelted with stones when she visited the town last weekend to interact with the chiefs and people.

The chief and his elders, at a community meeting held last Tuesday, chided Armstrong Cobbina, a teacher in the community, who is alleged to be a staunch member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) for orchestrating that negative image about the town.

The chief debunked the media publication, saying that there was no such incident as alleged by the media.

“We the people of Kegyina are at peace with our MP who has been very helpful to us over the past years and would never do such a thing against her.

“What has been put out by the local media is just a ploy to destabilise the long standing good relationship that has existed between the town and Madam Afeku,” Nana Asaba IV maintained.

Nana Asaba called on all well-meaning citizens of the area and the country to treat the alleged demonstration against Madam Afeku as false and encouraged the MP to continue serving her people without fear.

He further charged Mr. Armstrong to retract the lies against the entire community.

Mr. Armstrong, however, has denied being the brain behind the rumour.

On her part, a member of the council of elders in the community, Auntie Yaba, challenged Mr. Cobbina, a resident of the town, to come out to clear himself from the mess that he had put the chiefs and people in within the next seven days or they (women) would be compelled to go naked to show their displeasure.

She added that Mr. Cobbina’s move was just to earn a political point for the NDC in the area and warned him to desist from meddling in activities that would not yield any good results for him as a young man.