In an interview with Citi News’ Umaru Sanda Amadu, the Odododiodoo legislator said the situation has left his wife, who is currently the only occupant of the house distraught.

[contextly_sidebar id=”uFu3zbQjwUiWFjtMccto4FR9HH9iepkj”]While expressing shock over the development, Nii Lante Vandepuye denied being in possession of a state vehicle.

According to him, the only vehicles currently in the house, were ones he purchased from a public auction some four years ago and another; which is an official vehicle he used while serving as minister in the former government, but bought it before he left office.

He said he has documents to prove his ownership of the vehicles.

“I’m not in Ghana now. I’m in the UK for a short holiday. I just had a call from my wife that four vehicles are parked in front of the house and they said they are from national security, the BNI and confiscated cars committee, and that they have instructions that there are about 3 government vehicles in my house so they are coming for them. My wife asked them for their warrant, they didn’t have the warrant so she refused them entry. So 2 of the vehicles left, leaving 2, and they said they are going to secure a warrant and they will be back,” he said.

“If I have state vehicles in my possession, the state can use any other power under its jurisdiction to ask me to surrender. Why would you have to send security and armed men to the house? Two policemen have weapons, and the others are BNI officers with a pistol around their waist,” he added.

Nii Lante Vanderpuye insisted that, he made the full payment for the state vehicle and completed all the relevant processes to transfer ownership to him.

“The only vehicle I have which used to belong to the state, has been sold to me when we were leaving office. I bought it and paid for it, a Toyota Avensis. I used it when I was a deputy minister and a minister. The process started in December, and ended before we left office in January, but I finally got all the documentations somewhere at the end of January and also I didn’t have all the money to pay the customs so when I finally got the money, I paid the customs duty and got the clearance and everything before I re-registered the vehicle between February and March 2017,” he said.

“I paid over GH¢30,000 as the value and when we had paid that amount of money, we were told to pay duty to the GRA and that one too was done, about GH¢29,000 in all, about ¢GH50,000 I paid on that vehicle,” he added.

But in a subsequent interview on Eyewitness News from the UK, Mr. Vandepuye said the remaining two vehicles the alleged BNI officers came in, has left his house.

He said he had confirmation that the officers left his house after they had been instructed by the District Police Commander to leave the premises since they did not have a warrant.

Meanwhile, the MP has said he will lodge a formal complaint at the Police station to have the issue investigated.

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This follows a clash between some supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the New Juaben North Constituency, resulting in some injuries and destruction of properties.

The incident happened over the weekend during a separate health walk organized by the parties on the same day in the area.

[contextly_sidebar id=”i9JH8RRQ8qEDckCBhuNRpwusrLx2smSA”]Speaking to Citi News, the Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yaw Nketiah Yeboah, urged Ghanaians to be tolerant and desist from any acts that could threaten the peace in Ghana.

“We advise each and every one to be law abiding because you don’t know what will happen and curfew can be placed on your community and it will be very sad that because of some bad nuts the whole community will sleep at times 4:00pm and wake up 8:00am or 6:00pm to 6:00am.  We all should be law abiding and help make Ghana as peaceful as we need,” he said.

NDC, NPP to hold health walk on separate days 

He further in a separate interview on Eyewitness News hinted that, the Police have agreed with the parties that health walks by the NPP and NDC should be held on different days.

“This coming Saturday, the NDC will go for the health walk; then the following day which is Sunday, the NPP will also go for their health walk. The last weekend before the general elections the NPP will swap with NDC on the days,” he added.

Police hunt for culprits

Meanwhile the Police in the region say they are currently on a manhunt for the perpetrators of the clashes in the New Juaben North constituency.

Surge in NPP, NDC clashes

There has been a surge in violent clashes between members of the two political parties in recent times. In one of the cases, the two parties had the altercation in front of the residence of the NPP flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo.

Similar cases have also been recorded in Wulensi, Odododiodoo, Ajumako among other places. But in all such instances, the Police were unable to bring the perpetrators to book.

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This is after supporters of the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the area, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye and the NPP’s Parliamentary Candidate, Nii Lante Bannerman, clashed on Tuesday.

A former Metropolitan Cheif Executive (MCE) of the the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and NPP patron, Stanley Nii Adjiri Blankson, urged the NPP supporters to put peace first in the name of victory at the polls.

He said, “we believe in peace because we know we are winning an election come 7^th December. We have warned our people to be cautious because the moment you engage in violet act, the police will arrest you and keep you indefinitely.”

The clashes in the constituency, led to the arrest of three NPP members who were eventually released on Wednesday. Prior to that, some supporters of the NPP had besieged the Jamestown Police station demanding the release of the men who were arrested after clashes.

But Mr. Blankson suggested some level of bias on the part of police because there were no reports of arrests on the side of the NDC.

“What we are saying is that if you have arrested three people from our party and you fail to arrest any from the other side then justice and fair play have not been exhibited.”

Allegations

The incumbent MP, Nii Lante Vanderpuye, alleged that the NPP’s Nii Lante Bannerman masterminded the attacks on his supporters on Tuesday [November 8] that led to clashes when his team had ended a rally at Jamestown in the constituency that evening.

According to him, Mr Bannerman had organised some young men to attack his team members with guns, machetes and other weapons.

But Mr. Vanderpuye was also accused of physical assault by his NPP contender. Mr. Bannerman alleged that Mr. Vanderpuye accosted and attacked him at his residence in James Town on Wednesday morning.

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The exercise saw over four thousand elderly people being diagnosed and treated for various health conditions.

According to the MP, the programme was organised to celebrate the aged and give them a sense of belonging in society.

Speaking to Citi News’ Philip Nii Lartey, Nii Lante Vaderpuye, who doubles as Ghana’s Sports Minister, said this year’s event had been an improvement over what had been done in previous years.

He noted that, he had received support from the Gender Minister, Nana Oye Lithur, to provide food for all those who were participated in the exercise.

“This year is exemplary because I had the support from Ministry Of Gender And Social Protection, I also got the support from NDC medical outreach team. The attendance was overwhelming; we were expecting just about two thousand five hundred people; but according to the doctor’s record; we had close to four thousand one hundred people above the age of 65,” he said.

He added that, before the health screening exercise, the elderly were taken on a tour of the national capital, Accra.

He noted that “the most significant part of the event was when they were taken round Accra to see the new Accra. They visited the museum, Kwame Nkrumah circle and other places. We did this because some of these old folks have been locked up in rooms for a very long time; so it was important to bring them out to receive some fresh air,” he said.

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He said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate had deceived constituents that he is a University graduate hence must be voted into power.

According to him, he [Vanderpuije] had records that showed Mr Bannerman’s highest level of education was Senior High School because he dropped out of a University.

He told Citi News, “Nii Lante Bannerman told all of us that he was a graduate and that he went to Cape Coast University and that he as a Banking and Finance but I have records that show that even the Senior High School, he didn’t even do well to qualify him into a University and there is no course in UCC called Banking and Finance. Then he said he went to Regent University, we saw that he tried doing some courses at Regent University but his first semester was a failure.”

He added that “I am going to spend time, if he makes himself available, I will sponsor him to school, get education so that he will stop insulting the elderly people and he will stop what he is not.”

Nii Lantey Vanderpuije said Nii Lante Bannerman stand no chance of winning in the Odododiodoo constituency since he lacked the capacity to unseat him.

“For now, I am giving him [Nii Lante Bannerman] 5 out of the 116 polling stations but even the 5 I am being very considerate, if he doesn’t change his attitude, I will take the five away from him.”

Meanwhile, Nii Lante Bannerman has described as “untruth” Mr Vanderpuije’s claims against him.

In a sharp rebuttal on Citi Prime News on Wednesday, Nii Lante Bannerman said he was an accomplished banker and did not need Nii Lante Vanderpuije to sponsor his tuition if he decides to pursue higher education.

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