The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Chiana-Paga constituency of the Upper East Region has issued a fervent plea to law enforcement authorities, urging swift action to curb what they described as the aggressive behaviour of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate, Mr. Nikyema Billa Alamzy.
According to the NPP, Mr Alamzy has a troubling track record of engaging in physical and verbal altercations, posing a threat to the peace and security of the constituency.
“Instances of Mr Alamzy’s violent behaviour are numerous. During the party primaries in 2019, he and his hooligans attacked the then Member of Parliament and fellow contestant, Hon. Rudolf Nsorwini Amenga-etego, on Thursday, August 22, 2019.”
The Chiana-Paga NPP Constituency Secretary, Kwalase Bayeriwe Thomas, who addressed the press at the party’s office on Sunday added that Mr. Alamzy and his “hooligans” attacked their own party’s constituency chairman, James Kojo Kopamamo in July 2022 for not supporting him in previous parliamentary primaries.
Aside from mastering the attacks on NPP agents at the Electoral Commission district office on 5th October 2023, where Mr Alamzy personally assaulted an NPP agent, Nicholas Dedo, they say the recent attack orchestrated by the NDC PC who is a bodybuilder and his cohorts occurred during the 67th independence celebrations in Paga town park.
“After the school children had finished matching, the NPP followed and we [NDC] joined. After they had finished, we saw them coming back towards us. Our constituency chairman for us to move back, but they ran amock and started beating us. It was not provoked by any NPP member, but it was planned because they have a hooligan as a parliamentary candidate” Mr Kwalase stated.
In response to these allegations, Nikyema Billa Alamzy vehemently denied the accusations levelled against him. He asserts that the claims made by the NPP are baseless and politically motivated to tarnish his reputation and derail his campaign efforts.
“They are baseless accusations and I have not been involved in any of the things they said about me. They are frustrated that I am winning the seat hands down, so, I don’t want to respond further. Because it is like, when you are bathing and a madman comes to take your towel, you don’t have to chase him naked. So, they should go to the field and do the work because these allegations wouldn’t fetch them votes.”
Furthermore, the NPP accused Mr Alamzy of having ties to a vigilante group named “Save Ghana,” purportedly operating within the constituency with “some members of the group coming from Burkina Faso, which is Alamzy’s patrilineal country”.
But Mr Alamzy refuted the claims stating that “the time for campaigning is limited that I can’t give the NPP so much attention”