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Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has called for calm, urging party members to exchange ideas and not blows.<\/p>\n

\u201cI call for calm from all who feel aggrieved in one way or the other and urge them to use laid rules in the party to seek redress for their complaints while we accord the national executive the necessary freedom and space to operate.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

A statement signed by spokesperson to the former President, described the clashs which occurred at the New Patriotic Party\u2019s headquarters as \u00a0\u201csad and alien” to the traditions of the party.<\/p>\n

Violent clashes occurred at the party’s headquarters when some aggrieved supporters of the NPP disrupted a press conference called by the National Chairman Paul Afoko and General Secretary, Kwabena Agyapong.<\/p>\n

Read full statement below<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed disquiet and unhappiness at the disorder that disrupted a press conference by the Chairman and General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the party\u2019s headquarters on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201c Thuggery is not part of our party\u2019s tradition.\u00a0 It is alien to us.\u00a0 Those responsible for the disturbances cannot claim to be true members of the NPP.<\/p>\n

\u201cI call for calm from all who feel aggrieved in one way or the other and urge them to use laid rules in the party to seek redress for their complaints while we accord the national executive the necessary freedom and space to operate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should all return to the true tenets of the party which encourage frank exchange of views and accommodation of one another in healthy debate free from intimidation or fear,\u201d Former President Kufuor said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Signed:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Frank Agyekum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spokesperson\/Special Aide<\/strong><\/p>\n

Office of President JA Kufuor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former President, Republic of Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n

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By: Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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