The vandalised NDC office with a spent shell
The Northern Regional Police Command has launched a manhunt for one Jalil who is believed to be the leader of “Aluta Boys”, a vigilante group affiliated to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Northern Region, in connection with the recent shooting incident at the party’s office in Tamale.
The Northern Regional Crime Officer, Supt. Otuo Acheampong, told DAILY GUIDE that on May 8, 2020 about 11:50 am, the Regional Secretary for NDC in Tamale, Mohammed Abdul Salam, called at the RCID/Tamale and reported the same day that a group of young men numbering about 10 led by ‘Aluta boys’ Chairman one Jalil on motorbikes besieged the regional office of the NDC in Tamale with guns and fired indiscriminately.
According to him, the boys used stones to smash the window of the office of the party’s secretary, including the reception glass door, before leaving the scene.
Supt. Acheampong said the scene was visited by the regional crime scene management team which found two empty shells which turned out to be pistol ammunition.
He appealed to the party supporters and residents to volunteer information to assist the police to apprehend the suspects.
The attack followed the suspension of some regional executives, including the communications director, over an alleged diversion of Ramadan sugar meant for party supporters in the region.
The suspended executives are communications director, General Amin; deputy communication officer, Iddrisu Hardi Paghazaa; first vice chairman, Alhaji Hassan Rufai Ahmed Veilim; Treasurer, Inusah Salman Fariz; Deputy Treasurer Mohammed, Mateen; and two other Tamale North Constituency executives.
Meanwhile, the suspended NDC executives have rubbished the suspension, claiming they are still at post as executives of the party in the region.
FROM Eric Kombat, Tamale