Paul Obli Laryea, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman of the Odododiodio constituency, has warned parliamentary candidate hopefuls in the area to put their supporters in order to avoid a repeat of the violence that occurred during their vetting last Friday.
His petition comes after some accused NDC thugs stormed the NDC regional party office in South La during the vetting of parliamentary candidate candidates for the Odododiodio constituency, vandalizing buildings and assaulting a Citi FM/TV journalist.
Members of one of the candidates’ camps vandalized party property, including chairs and an air conditioner, and flung stones at the vetting committee, claiming unfairness on their side.
The commotion erupted at the regional party headquarters in South La, when three people, Nii Okai Laryea, Kotey Ashie, and Michael Nii Yarboi Annang, were appearing before the committee in the hopes of succeeding the incumbent MP, Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, who is not running for re-election.
Akosua Otchere, a Citi TV and Citi FM journalist, was attacked during the incident, resulting in physical damage and the confiscation of her cell phone.
As a result, in a Citi News interview, Mr. Laryea emphasized the importance of these aspirants speaking to their supporters and urging them to remain unified in order for the party to win the 2024 elections as planned.
“We are all crying that we want to come to power in 2024. We want to win an election. I am begging them, everybody has his choice and nobody will say anything about that. We are one NDC, so I am pleading with all the aspirants, they can talk to their supporters to behave well. If they were able to talk to their supporters at the regional office, this thing would not have happened. But they did not do that and the situation went on like that.”
“But I am pleading with them again to talk to all their supporters to cease fire so that we concentrate on our agenda and win the 2024 elections,” he stated.
