Mark Owen Woyongo, the Minister of the Interior, has expressed surprise at the manner in which a section of the media misunderstood his recent comment: \u201cviolence begets violence,” following some violent attacks by the Azoka boys of the NDC and the Bolga Bull Dogs of the NPP, at the just-ended bye-election in Talensi, in the Upper East Region.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”7soapWg0X1yUcDzEbM8JE6UcTRcYWq5y”]Mr Woyongo said \u201cI am for peace and not violence, and I am surprised that Journalists who know about my peace settlement initiatives in the Bawku conflicts when I was the Regional Minister for the Upper East, should pick up this sudden violence occurrence at Talensi and capitalize on it, and think that I am supporting violence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Woyongo reiterated that the statement he made was only a truism, to mean that the attack by the Azoka Boys infuriated the Bolga Bull Dogs which caused a spontaneous equally violent reaction by the Bolga bull dogs, adding that this should not have been the case.<\/p>\n
Mr Woyongo explained that by his statement, he implied that people should not engage in violent attacks for their actions to cause their opponents to also react in the same manner.<\/p>\n
He urged Ghanaians to embrace peace, and co-exist peacefully, no matter the situation.<\/p>\n
Since the Minister made the statement, there had been calls for him to resign, but Mr Woyongo said such calls for his resignation were baseless and unfounded.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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