National Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Samuel Awuku has given an account about what triggered the shooting incident at the La Bawalashie Presby polling station Thursday.
About six people are said to have sustained gunshot wounds when the incident occurred.
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The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) alleged some masked men stormed the residence of the NDC Parliamentary candidate at Bawaleshie and fired multiple gunshots, injuring several people.
The party has since withdrawn from the Ayawaso West Wougon by-election over security reasons.
But Sammy Awuku on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem, said the NDC is being economical with the truth.
He explained that, he was told by eyewitnesses at the scene that, the shoot out was started by a vigilante group, Azoka Boys affiliated to the NDC.
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“I wasn’t there myself but some eyewitnesses told me some macho men supposed to be Azoka boys were in NDC parliamentary candidate’s house so the security personnel around were alarmed but when they went to there to inquire, the Azoka boys fired and the security men also retaliated” Sammy Awuku stated.