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Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on well-meaning Ghanaians to condemn the attacks that characterised Saturday’s Super Delegates Conference of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He expressed surprise as to how an internal contest could result in acts of violence.
For him, that is the legacy of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia especially when the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence and the election deaths of eight Ghanaians in 2020 come to mind.
The 2024 flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) made this known in a couple of tweets right after the ruling party went to polls to elect five out of 10 aspirants for its November Presidential Primary.
The exercise on Saturday, August 26 was marred by attacks on some opponents. For instance, in the North East Region, a polling station agent of Alan Kyerematen, Ali Zakaria, was attacked, leaving him with swollen eyes.
The agent of Ken Agyapong in the Upper West Region was alleged to have been chased out of the voting center, sparking fury in the Assin Central lawmaker.
NPP Special Delegates Congress: Flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong loses his cool over alleged manhandling of his polling agent at the University of Cape Coast.#ElectionCommandCentre #3NewsGH pic.twitter.com/sI9rLCnVGa
— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) August 26, 2023
These, Mr Mahama indicated, should be condemned because the exercise should have been peaceful.
“Violence has become the new normal for the NPP,” he tweeted.
“Acts of violence during what should be a peaceful civic exercise must be condemned by all well-meaning Ghanaians.
“Moreso, in an internal contest involving persons who belong to the same party.”
Violence has become the new normal for the NPP. Acts of volence during what should be a peaceful civic exercise must be condemned by all well-meaning Ghanaians. More so, in an internal contest involving persons who belong to the same party.
— John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) August 26, 2023
Brutalizing opponents in an election has no place in modern society, especially among members of the same party. Ayawaso West Wuogon in 2019 and the murder of 8 innocent citizens in 2020 remain a stain on the legacy of @NAkufoAddo and @MBawumia
— John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) August 26, 2023
The ruling party will elect one of Dr Bawumia, Mr Kyerematen, Mr Agyapong, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto and Boakye Agyarko or Francis Addai-Nimoh as its 2024 flagbearer to face John Dramani Mahama.
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