Mills Is Responsible For Ndc’s Violent Attacks On Women -NPP UK

NPP UK WOMENS WING PRESS STATEMENT

President Mills Is Responsible For

Ndc’s Violent Attacks On Women

The National Democratic Congress at every opportunity seems to enjoy attacking women who don’t agree with its policies or want to pursue peaceful democratic values, which are a right to Madam Ursula owusu and every woman in Ghana. The party ‘s sadistic attitude towards women is a real threat to peace and stability in the country.

President Mills has been very silent on attacks against women. Ursula Owusu, NPP parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma South has been attacked on every occasion by senior members of the NDC. John Jinapor, spokesperson to Vice President John Mahama insulted and attacked her on Metro Television calling her a prostitute. Nii Lantei Vanderpuiye, an aide to the President and Director of operations at the castle authorized thugs and macho men to beat up this woman just because she simply asked Ghanaians and women in particular to go and register.

Other serious physical attacks on women have taken place since Mills took over as NDC leader and eventually President of the Republic of Ghana. A Pregnant woman died in custody at the BNI cells and till date nobody has been charged for her murder, Gifty Lawson, a reporter and journalist was arrested ,beaten by state agents and her camera smashed, Amina Mohamed was arrested over the yuotong bus saga and detained for days. At a party congress in Koforidua in 2005, Madam Frances Essiam, then NDC women’s Organiser was beaten with horsewhips and had marks on her back, Zita Okai Koi a former minister of information was subjected to malicious abuse in the media during her party’s parliamentary primaries, , even Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, a former first Lady was physically threatened not to set foot to campaign in the Central Region during a presidential primary, Captain George Nfojor, a member of parliament brutally held a pistol to the head of a 23 year old woman and forcibly had sex with her. He was not sanctioned or reprimanded.

President Mills is indeed very pleased with the actions of Nii Lantei Vanderpuiye and his army of thugs and thinks that these gestapo tactics will put fear into the population and help him win the elections in December. These tactics have been tried by other African leaders in other countries before him and it did not succeed. We call on the African Union and Ecowas to call this dictator and his cronies to order. No one can subvert the will of the people and the day of reckoning will surely come.

Veronica Alala Heming

Women’s Organiser

NPP UK