The Police are on the heels of the hoodlums who pulled the triggers first from the residence of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, forcing the police to react during the by-election in Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency last Thursday.
The confrontation resulted in injuries and a restricted security breach.
DAILY GUIDE can confirm that but for the ill-fated firing of gunshots, which originated from the residence of the NDC candidate, Delali Kwesi Brempong, the isolated security breach whose outcome was largely exaggerated particularly on social media would not have occurred.
As many as six deaths were reported by some mainstream media outlets in what was regarded by some observers as part of a grand scheme to give the polls a bloody coloration.
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However, details from the law enforcement agency hinged upon hospital records negated the death reports.
A 1st February 2019 press release from the Ghana Police Service’s Public Affairs Directorate pointed at the hunt for the shooters which led to the sustaining of injuries by a little over a dozen persons; some of them receiving treatment at the 37 Military Hospital.
The injured persons were part of party activists who had been deployed to the candidate’s residence as they awaited further directives.
The unexpected development scuttled the intended operations for which they were assembled, according to sources in the security agencies.
An earlier report by DAILY GUIDE presaged a nasty occurrence during the polls which was intended to rob the by-election of its shine and possibly disrupt it.
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The Police release, signed by Sup/Ms Shiella Kessie Abayie-Buckman, appealed to anybody with information on the incident to call 0244623866, 0242814863.
Persons with credible information have been directed to send same to hq. pro@police.gov. gh or padphotopol@gmail.com
One of the vehicles which conveyed the NDC activists for the Thursday assignment bore the registration number GT 9829-11.