[ 2016-11-14 ]

NDC denies stoning Nana’s house
The Greater Accra regional organiser of the
governing National Democratic Congress (NDC),
Anthony Nukpenu, has denied reports that members
of the party threw stones and hurled bottles at
the house of opposition flag bearer Nana
Akufo-Addo at Nima.

There were clashes between supporters of the NDC
and the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP)
which started after supporters of both parties
converged on the vicinity of Mr Akufo-Addo’s
Nima residence during their respective Keep Fit
activities.

Gunshots were fired by men thought to be
bodyguards of Mr Akufo-Addo, to keep the
supporters of the NDC away.

Speaking on the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on
Monday, 14 November on Class91.3FM, Mr Nukpenu
denied that NDC supporters threw stones at Mr
Akufo-Addo’s house.

“Show me stones thrown into Nana Akufo-Addo’s
home or any material that will provoke any
hooligan to shoot guns,” he dared show host
Prince Minkah.

He said it would be irresponsible for any police
officer to suggest stones were thrown at Nana
Akufo-Addo’s house. “We were there with the
Nima police. They should come out with a statement
telling the public which NDC member threw stones
or threw bottles as they are putting out there,”
he said.

“We are a political party with cultured leaders
and everything we do, we put out statements and
caution our people on how we are going to conduct
ourselves. We never in our health walk engaged in
[anything untoward]. We maintained sanity, we
cautioned everybody. The first gunshot from Nana
Addo’s house we ignored, the second one we
ignored, the third was what irritated most of the
youth but there was no provocation for somebody in
there to be shooting sporadically in the air.”

Meanwhile, the Director of Communications of the
Police, Superintendent Cephas Arthur, has said no
arrest had been made yet. Both parties are
accusing each other of starting the provocation.

Source - Classfmonline

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