The Volta Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), says it strongly suspects the attack on its Member of Parliament-elect (MP) for Keta constituency, Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey has political ties to it.
The NDC which suspects foul play believes the gun-wielding thugs who succeeded in inflicting injuries on Mr. Gakpey are part of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group.
The Volta Regional Secretary of the NDC, James Gunu who signed a statement sighted by Citi News maintained that the act was a deliberate ploy to reduce the party’s parliamentary seats in the just ended general elections.
“We consider this armed attack by suspected NPP hoodlums as part of the grand scheme by the Nana Akufo-Addo led NPP to reduce our majority seats in Parliament and President John Dramani Mahama’s overwhelming win in the just ended Parliamentary and Presidential elections. These armed attacks such as the armed invasion of the house of the NDC MP-elect for Jomoro Constituency tend to follow similar pattern”, the NDC said in a statement.
“These barbaric and sadistic acts also bear the fingerprints of an organized, planned, well-rehearsed sinister agenda of the Akuf-Addo-led NPP to divert attention from the stolen election. It is also our contended position that these midnight attacks by such insidious armed NPP militia are being executed with the tacit support of the NPP leadership with the view to kill, seize and destroy our pink sheets. The diabolic and evil agenda is to use these as a pretext to mount legal challenges in order to reduce the NDC parliamentary strength”, the statement added.
Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey, was allegedly attacked and assaulted by some gun-wielding men at his residence at Afiadenyigba in the Volta Region during the early hours of Friday.
The attack is reported to have taken place around 1:00 am on Friday, December 11, 2020.
They reportedly attacked a mobile money shop attached to the residence of the MP-elect and made away with money and other items they found in the shop.
Presiding Member of the Keta Municipal Assembly, Amos Ametsime who narrated the incident to Citi News said the armed men after ransacking the mobile money shop entered the residence of Dzudzorli Gakpey, seized mobile phones of the occupants and assaulted the MP-elect.
Mr. Ametsime stated that the men after the attack, had a discussion on their next line of action at which time the MP-elect escaped from the residence through a backdoor.
“The MP-elect has been attacked. Three armed men stormed the house, beat up the people, took away money and the MP-elect was also beaten by the armed men. The men numbering about 10 had an opportunity and escaped through the backdoor of the apartment. I understand his pistol was taken. They even demanded his car keys which he surrendered. They attempted to drive the car, but they couldn’t, so they left it. At the time, he had left to the police station but the police couldn’t help”, he explained.
GHS 10,000 reward
Meanwhile, the Volta Regional Secretariat has promised to give persons who help to arrest the perpetrators an amount of GHS 10,000.
“The Regional Secretariat is therefore calling on the party faithful and other well-meaning Ghanaians to be on the look-out for such armed thugs and to provide valuable information towards their arrest. While we wish our MP-elect and his family speedy recovery, the Secretariat has set aside GHS 10,000 reward for anyone or group of persons who would volunteer information leading to the arrest of the culprits of this dastardly act.”
The Keta Municipal Police has since promised to offer 24-hour protection to the elect MP.