{"id":298498,"date":"2017-03-02T20:21:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T20:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=298498"},"modified":"2017-03-02T20:21:19","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T20:21:19","slug":"npp-ndc-supporters-clash-over-bus-terminal-in-kumasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=298498","title":{"rendered":"NPP, NDC supporters clash over bus terminal in Kumasi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Six persons were injured, with two in critical condition, after clashes occurred between New Patriotic Party (NPP), and National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters at the Kumasi-Tamale bus terminal at Aboabo, a suburb of Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The injured, who sustained machete wounds, are currently receiving treatment at the Manhyia District Hospital.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-298503\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/NDC-NP-clash-Kumasi-3.jpg\" alt=\"ndc-np-clash-kumasi-3\" width=\"600\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-298505\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG-20170302-WA0027.jpg\" alt=\"img-20170302-wa0027\" width=\"600\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The NPP supporters are reported to have attempted to take over the station following the party&#8217;s victory in the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP Ken Yeboah, police had been in constant talks with both parties at the station to ensure sanity.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-298504 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/NDC-NP-clash-Kumasi-1.jpg\" alt=\"ndc-np-clash-kumasi-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">However, members of the NPP today [Thursday], reportedly invaded the station with weapons to fully take over the station.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">By: Lauretta Timah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six persons were injured, with two in critical condition, after clashes occurred between New Patriotic Party (NPP), and National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters at the Kumasi-Tamale bus terminal at Aboabo, a suburb of Kumasi. The injured, who sustained machete wounds, are currently receiving treatment at the Manhyia District Hospital. The NPP supporters are reported to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[2026,3,129,4607],"class_list":["post-298498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-top-stories","tag-clash","tag-ghana-news","tag-ndc","tag-npp-kumasi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=298498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=298498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=298498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=298498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}