Party chairman denies exhibiting NPP colours at durbar

Somanya (Eastern Region) -- The Yilo Krobo Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Nicholas Addai has stated that neither the party nor the organising committee for the Republic Day celebration at Somanya sanctioned the display of NPP symbols at the durbar grounds.

He, however, described the display of NPP colours as ''the work of some overzealous party adherents.'' Mr Addai served on the committee that organised the Republic Day Durbar of chiefs in the Eastern Region in honour of President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso.

The GNA reported him as saying that the NPP should not be blamed for what occurred and appealed to Ghanaians to draw a distinction between officially sanctioned acts and those committed by some people connected to the party. He said because political parties were legally recognised and respected entities, organisers of events could not prevent them from displaying party colours at functions.