PHOTOS: One shot dead; others injured in NDC office shooting incident
18th February 2019
News reaching Ghanaguardian.com from the Ashanti Regional Office of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) indicates one person has been shot dead with another battling for his life at the Komfo Anokye Teaching hospital, following an attack by unknown men.
The report says, the armed vigilante group, numbered about four, stormed the party's regional office on motorbikes, and started shooting indiscriminately at a gathering outside.
The NDC National Chairman, General Secretary, Deputy General Secretary and the Regional Executive Committee were having a meeting when the incident happened.
The party has since issued a statement to condemn the act and request that the police should carry out a thorough investigation into the matter and bring the perpetrators to book.
Read the statement below:
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS – ASHANTI REGIONAL SECRETARIAT
OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON INCIDENT AT THE ASHANTI REGIONAL OFFICE ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2019
The Ashanti Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress regrets to report that an unfortunate incident occurred at the party’s regional office today, Monday 18th February, 2019.
The regrettable incident occurred while a meeting between the National Chairman, The General Secretary, a Deputy General Secretary and the Regional Executive Committee were ongoing. Some men on Motorbike wielding guns attacked a gathering outside, short indiscriminately and sped off.
We regret to announce that one of the two men who were shot has passed on and the other is in a critical condition at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). The National Chairman, General Secretary and the Regional Executive Committee has visited him at the Hospital.
We request the police to carry out a thorough investigation into the matter and bring the perpetrators to book.
Signed,
Kwame Zu (Regional Secretary)
Mobile Contact: 0244986993
18th February, 2019
Source: Ghanaguardian.com