The leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has condemned the attack on its Northern Regional Treasurer, Hajia Shamima Yakubu.
Hajia Shamima Yakubu was assaulted by a regional party officer of the NDC during a stakeholder meeting to discuss the campaign strategy in Tamale.
The meeting, which took place over the weekend, turned chaotic, and Hajia Yakubu suffered injuries to her face, resulting in her treatment at the hospital.
In a statement dated January 15, 2024, signed by the General Secretary of the NDC, Fifi Fiave Kwetey, he said, “The NDC takes a very serious view of the conduct of the party officer responsible for the assault, and at the next meeting of its Functional Executive Committee meeting, measures will be taken to address the matter thoroughly to leave no doubt in everyone’s mind that the party does not approve of unlawful acts of assault and battery.”
The party expressed its commitment to ensuring all “its members adhere strictly to the long-cherished practices that have made our internal politics the enviable attraction of teeming millions of the people of Ghana.”
The National Chairman of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, and the MP for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, are said to have been whisked away from being hurt, but the party in its statement denied such reports, describing it as “inaccurate.”
“The party wishes to also clarify that reports claiming that the incident happened in the presence of any national executive member of the party are inaccurate. There was not a single national executive member present at the meeting at which the Regional Treasurer was assaulted.”
Read the statement by the NDC below
NDC CONDEMNS ATTACK ON NORTHERN REGIONAL PARTY TREASURER
The leadership of the National Democratic Congress has learnt with shock and disappointment, reports of a physical attack on the person of Hajia Shamima Yakubu, the Northern Regional Treasurer of the party, by a regional party officer. The party condemns in the strongest possible terms this assault on a party official, resulting in her treatment at a hospital.
The NDC takes a very serious view of the conduct of the party officer responsible for the assault, and at the next meeting of its Functional Executive Committee meeting, measures will be taken to address the matter thoroughly to leave no doubt in everyone’s mind that the party does not approve of unlawful acts of assault and battery.
The party wishes to also clarify that reports claiming that the incident happened in the presence of any national executive member of the party are inaccurate. There was not a single national executive member present at the meeting at which the Regional Treasurer was assaulted.
The said party meeting was called to discuss campaign strategy and had nothing to do with any reconciliation, accounts, or allied matters.
The NDC wants to place on record its determination to ensure that all its members adhere strictly to the long cherished practices that have made our internal politics the enviable attraction of teeming millions of the people of Ghana, and from which we draw the confidence of being the next government in waiting.
Long live the NDC!
Long live Ghana!
…… (signed)
HON. FIFI FIAVI KWETEY
GENERAL SECRETARY
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