Police investigate alleged assault on NPP activists

Tema, Oct. 7, GNA - The Tema Community Two Police are investigating an alleged assault on some ward executive members of the Tema West constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

The executives were said to be holding a meeting at the residence of Dr K. Darko, an executive member, at Community 11. According to a police source, Mr Laud Amanor, Community Five Ward chairman of the NPP, had reported to them about an assault on him by some 'machomen', who had 'invaded' the meeting with war songs and disrupted the peaceful gathering, claiming to be members of the party.

Mr Amanor, also the Assemblyman for Community Five, confirmed the report and said he had given a statement and submitted his hospital report to the police to help them in their investigations.

He explained that out of the 14 ward chairmen, five of them attended the meeting, and while discussing how to plan what to do, the 'invaders' entered the house and continued to sing NPP songs, refusing to listen to any call on them to stop disrupting the meeting.

Mr Amanor said "I got up and walked to the gate, and when I looked back, I saw that the thugs had attacked and pinned down Mr Emmanuel Saaba, one of the ward executives, and started beating him".

He said before he could reach Mr Saaba, some of them turned to him, held his shirt and pushed him to the ground.

"I was also pushed down, and they gave me some slaps, removed my 16,000 cedis from my pocket and took away my personal file containing some vital documents, including the birth certificate of my daughter."