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Calm has returned to the Hohoe constituency after the Atabu Asafo warriors stopped a protest by the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The demonstration was so that the Party could present a petition to the Electoral Commission (EC).
Party supporters, who started a march from Gbi-Atabu, could not carry out their plans but read the petition in Atabu.
The Asafo Group fiercely resisted the NDC group from crossing the line claiming to be performing traditional rites.
Mr. Ken Ayim, a spokesman for the Asafo Group, said that they refused to allow the Party to demonstrate because they felt that the SALL people were part of the demonstration.
He said the SALL enclave prevented the late Togbega Gabusu from filing a case to join the Oti region, hence the Group’s action.
Mr. George Bright Anni Bansah, NDC Hohoe constituency chairman, who read his petition in Gbi-Kpoeta, said that “our SALL brothers and sisters have been deprived of their rights and their voting rights were not respected without representation. in the 8th Parliament. This right has been trampled on. ”
He said that his petition sought for the Electoral Commission to comply with the law.
“The sanctity of our democracy must be restored and the choice of the people of Ghana must be respected.”
Mr. Bansah also noted that indications from the Party’s audit team showed that “President John Dramani Mahama won the presidential elections and NDC won majority seats in Parliament.”
The strong security presence at the scene prevented a situation, which could have been fatal when people from both sides exchanged stones, which left a member of the Asafo Group injured.
—GNA
