One person dead after clash between NPP, NDC supporters at Nkrankwanta [VIDEO]

One person dead after clash between NPP, NDC supporters at Nkrankwanta [VIDEO]

Some supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have clashed at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West District of the Bono, resulting in the death of one person.

Per reports from ‘Graphiconline’ two people, who sustained gunshot wounds are currently receiving treatment at the Dormaa Ahenkro Presbyterian Hospital.

The clash is said to have occurred at the Dormaa West District office of the Electoral Commission on Saturday, August 8, 2020 in the course of the mop-up voters registration exercise during which guns were fired.

Those who sustained gunshot wounds during the incident were rushed to the nearby Dormaa Presbyterian Hospital but one of them identified only as Kofi Labatu was pronounced dead on arrival.

 

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The Member of Parliament for Dormaa West, Mr Ali Maiga Halidu confirmed the death of Kofi Stephen 'Labatu', adding that he was a member of the NPP while one of the injured was from the side of the NPP and the other from the NDC.

Police reinforcement from the Bono Regional Police Command has has been sent to the district to ensure peace and order.

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