{"id":397306,"date":"2018-02-01T18:27:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T18:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=397306"},"modified":"2018-02-01T18:37:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T18:37:40","slug":"five-npp-youth-arrested-for-attacking-uwest-nadmo-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/five-npp-youth-arrested-for-attacking-uwest-nadmo-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Five NPP youth arrested for attacking U\/West NADMO boss"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Upper West Regional Police Command has picked up five persons alleged to have masterminded an attack<\/strong><\/a><\/span> on the Upper West Regional office of the National Disaster Management Organization [NADMO].<\/p>\n The five, according to Citi News<\/strong> sources at the Command, were sent to the police station by the Upper West Regional Minister, Sulemana Alhassan, at about 1:00pm today [Thursday] February 1, 2018.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”n6eNHKReEpmfgw2yLKJniUYnvaYffRbl”]They include Bongaawmini Issahaku, Abdullah Hakim, Nuhu Suglo,Seidu Salifu and Osman Kamal, who is reported to be the leader of the group.<\/p>\n Superintendent Huseini Musah Awinaaba, Upper West Regional Crime Officer of the Ghana Police Service, told Citi News<\/strong> that the suspects have been kept in police custody pending investigations.<\/p>\n He said the police are on a manhunt for some other individuals who played various roles in the attack that left the NADMO Director’s aide seriously injured as he was beaten to pulp.<\/p>\n Regional Minister suspended<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile, President Nana Akufo-Addo has suspended <\/a><\/strong><\/span>the Regional Minister, Sulemana Alhassan.<\/p>\n This followed reports that he protected the angry youth<\/a><\/strong><\/span> believed to be members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who carried out the attack at the NADMO office.<\/p>\n The Deputy Upper West Regional Minister, Amidu Ishaq, will act in the stead of the suspended regional Minister pending the conclusion of an investigation of the incident, according to a statement from the Presidency.<\/p>\n The statement added that, \u201cPresident Akufo-Addo reiterates his commitment to the application of the laws of the land, which must occur without fear or favour, affection or ill-will, and without recourse to the political or ethnic affiliations of any citizen of the land.\u201d<\/p>\n NADMO staff on strike<\/strong><\/p>\n At about 5:00 pm on Wednesday, the youth from the Wa East district, numbering about 30, arrived in two pickups and a minibus at the NADMO office at the Upper West Regional Coordinating Council.<\/p>\n After the police got to the scene of the disturbances and effected the arrest of three persons, Alhassan Suleiman ordered the release of the suspects.<\/p>\n He reportedly told the police that \u201d\u00a0This is a party matter, I will have a meeting with them and get back to you\u201d.\u00a0 After that, the attackers walked home freely.<\/p>\n Following the incident, workers of NADMO declared a strike today [Thursday], and demanded that until the suspects are arrested, they will not return to work.<\/p>\n They\u00a0\u00a0slammed the Regional Minister<\/a><\/strong>, whose duty is to protect citizens as the Regional Chairman of the Security Council, for choosing to shield the attackers.<\/p>\n Political vigilantism in Upper West<\/strong><\/p>\n This incident marks the third major disturbance perpetrated by youth aligned to the NPP in Upper West Region in the last few months.<\/p>\n On January 22,\u00a0some NPP youth in the Wa municipality vandalized the residence of the Municipal Chief Executive of the area, Issahaku Moomin Tahiru.<\/p>\n The rampaging youth also vandalized the family house of the MCE and two other houses belonging to his supporters.<\/p>\n In November 2017, NPP youth in Gwollu, the capital of the Sissala West District stormed the precinct of the Assembly and locked up the District Chief Executive, Mohammed\u00a0Bakor in his office.<\/p>\n They had accused the DCE of engaging in \u201cdivide and rule\u201d tactics, and failing to address their concerns.<\/p>\n After the Wa incident, seven\u00a0NPP supporters\u00a0were arrested<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and charged with rioting, including the\u00a0Sissala West Constituency Chairman of the\u00a0NPP.<\/p>\n Sulemana Alhassan defended similar attack on Sissala West DCE<\/strong><\/p>\n