Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Upper East Regional correspondent, Fredrick Awuni reported earlier in the day that \u201cthe Azoka boys got there and asked Freddie Blay\u2019s entourage to leave the venue for the Regional Minister and the NDC that had come there to monitor the election but Mr. Freddie Blay had a confrontation with them, saying they were equally there to\u00a0 monitor elections.\u201d<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”lFCQysMZHnrx4vAZwuorpp2MeE5TzFKt”]Koku Anyidoho however attributed the attacks to Afoko loyalists; \u201cThere is this ongoing rift in the NPP and I learnt that the boys are upset that Freddie Blay is one of the reasons why Afoko cannot be the Chairman that he wants to be…,\u201d he further alleged.<\/p>\n Koku Anyidoho pointed out that one of the NPP bigwigs Addai Nimoh is also under heavy protection from the Police and the military because \u201csome known NPP boys have threatened to attack him.\u201d<\/p>\n The National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) earlier in the day, engaged in bloody clashes<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in the area.<\/p>\n Freddie Blay and his entourage were consequently attacked in the process.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A former General Secretary of the NPP Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, in an interview on Eyewitness News,<\/strong>\u00a0also claimed the attack was personally led by the\u00a0NDC Northern Regional Chairman, Sofo\u00a0Azoka but Koku Anyidoho refuted such claims, insisting that the elections was peaceful till around 2pm when some supporters of the NPP disrupted the provess.<\/p>\n \u201c…\u00a0They created an illegal road block… Infact I was the first person they wanted to attack but I managed to swerve them,” he narrated.<\/p>\n \u201cAs I speak to you right now one of our deputy organisers has been attacked. The evidence is there, the bullet shots, the windscreens etc.”<\/p>\n Koku Anyidoho however stated that calm has been restored in the area, saying “it\u00a0was a hell calming them but I am happy the security personnel were in charge.”<\/p>\n Meanwhile Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Northern Regional correspondent, Karim Natogmah reported that \u201cthere was confrontation between NPP and NDC supporters infront of the NPP constituency office.\u201d<\/p>\n He also\u00a0stated that the timely intervention of the military and Police personnel\u00a0 \u201ccalmed tempers.\u201d<\/p>\n According to him, voting was however “generally peaceful in the hinterlands.”<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana![\"5\"](\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/5.jpg\")
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