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Savannah Region: NDC Vows To Stop Bussing Of People To Polling Stations

By Iddrisu Hafiz || Tamale
NDC Savannah Region: NDC Vows To Stop Bussing Of People To Polling Stations
JUL 14, 2020 LISTEN

Members of the National Democratic Congress in the Savannah Region have vowed to protect polling stations within the region in the wake of attacks on their members by some NPP thugs in the ongoing registration exercise.

The Regional Communications Officer, Malik Basintale indicated that the NPP in the Savannah Region has resorted to violence in the current registration exercise to win the December 7 polls, a move he says "if not addressed portends far-reaching implications for our electoral process and our democracy."

He added, "these thugs go about the constituency with pepper spray, electric police shockers and other arms of human destruction just to deter NDC supporters from registering to vote for H.E John Mahama and Mp Hon. Shaibu Obei."

Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Mr Malik said five of their members have already been attacked by the NPP in the Daboya Mankarigu and Damongo Constituencies.

According to him, a journalist was also assaulted by the same NPP thugs.

The Savannah Regional Communications Officer used the opportunity to launch their operations to save their members from attacks and stop busing of strangers to the various polling stations.

"We hereby declare an Operation "Protect Your Polling Station" and direct that all NDC members in the Savannah region take charge of their localities and stop all intruders from registering as it is an exercise against the law."

He showcased the NDC's readiness to obey the orders of the national committee at the regional level as more thugs are footed to the region by the Deputy Chief of Staff and the NPP.

"Some invincible forces brought from Accra and acting as national security persons have been intimidating our agents especially at the Busunu zone including an ambush of our constituency chairman, trouble at Tailope, a sabbath of Damongo.

"We are hence going to exhibit the full realms of the boot for boot analogy as declared by our party the NDC."

Mr Malik noted that the NDC is not intimidated by the violence portrayed by the NPP to deter their party faithful from taking part in the registration. "The NDC is not a timid party and will not allow our long-standing peace and stability in the Savannah region to be downplayed."

He further cautioned the strangers not to become willing tools in the hands of the NPP to come to the region for the ongoing voter registration exercise.

"We are sending a strong caution to persons who will allow themselves to be bused or sent here to register for the purposes of voting for Akufo-Addo and their parliamentary candidates to save their lives by rejecting such offers as it is a dangerous trap deliberately set for them to fall in and they will meet us halfway their journey into the region."

Mr. Malik Basintale, however, legitimatised their actions to be conducted within the confines of the law and not violence:

"We will face them, We will face them and within the remits of the law we will ensure they are sent back probably not the same to wherever they came from."

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