AK47 was found in the party office, not in the office of Savelugu MP-Elect – NDC | Politics

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has stated that it is not true that the Northern Region police administration found an AK47 weapon in the office of Mr. Abdulai Jacob Idriss, the elected Member of Parliament for the Savelugu constituency.

They insisted that the weapon was rather found in the party’s constituency office in Savelugu, which is a public place.
Mohammed Abdul Salam, the party’s northern regional secretary who spoke at a press conference in Tamale, was reacting to speculation that police had found an AK47 and six rounds of ammunition in Idriss’s office.

He described the party office as an open space, where many people enter and as such the weapon found there must not be associated with the elected MP who has not yet assumed office.

He stressed that the office was opened, while party supporters rejoiced after Idriss was declared an elected deputy, adding that anyone could infiltrate the weapon to implicate him.

“The elected deputy does not have an office, he is well known to all, the deputies operate from party offices with party executives,” he added.
Salam said the police did not invite any NDC officials prior to the search, adding that the police broke into the office without a search warrant.

“However, the elected deputy is available on Monday, December 21, with his lawyer, to be accompanied by NDC officials to the police to take his statement of caution,” he said.

Salam said the girl who was shot one day after the elections in Savelugu was a supporter of the NDC, whose death occurred during the party’s jubilation, and indicated that it was surprising that an NDC official was implicated in the killing.

He warned the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the constituency to abandon plans to litigate the Savelugu constituency seat and asked police to investigate a suspect identified as Gabbah, who had allegedly shot the targeted deputy-elect. . of members of the public.

The Regional Secretary said that despite the accusations made against the elected deputy of Savelugu, the NDC would vouch for him, as he was a member of royalty with a clean record and therefore no group or individual could tarnish his reputation, having served in public service for over 27 years, and without a criminal record.