Update: Chaos at NDC press conference in Kumasi

UPDATE: Our attention has been drawn to the fact that COP Kofi Boakye was not at the venue where some thugs disrupted the NDC Organiser's press conference, as was reported earlier.

We have since amended the script and unreservedly apologise to COP Kofi Boakye for any inconvenience caused.

With barely 24 hours to the elections, all does not appear well with the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region, after the National Organiser, Joseph Yamin, and others were attacked by NDC hoodlums during a live press conference in Kumasi.

Mr. Yamin had organised the press conference to express concerns about the alleged deployment of military personnel in the Ashanti Region on the eve of the elections. However, some angry thugs, reportedly sympathetic to the party, stormed the premises and disrupted the proceedings.

For several hours, the angry thugs held the National Organiser of the NDC hostage, locking doors and chasing everyone, including invited media personnel, out of the regional conference room, according to a report by tntnewspapergh.com.

The thugs reportedly expressed disappointment in their leadership for failing to match up to the NPP in terms of election preparations. They claimed that the ruling party had already advanced significantly in its preparations compared to the NDC.

Amid the destruction of chairs and insults directed at their leaders, the thugs accused the NDC leadership of not being serious.

"If you want to win an election, you don't organise unnecessary press conferences. Your opponents are already on the field working, and you are here holding press conferences," they charged.

Ghanaians are set to go to the polls on December 7 to elect a President and 276 Parliamentarians who will govern the country for the next four years.

The election promises to be keenly contested between the two biggest political parties: the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The NPP is determined to win the election to continue its transformative agenda, while the NDC has vowed to wrest power, claiming it will "reset" the country and accusing the NPP of mismanaging the economy.