There was massive tension at the Tamale High Court resulting in a clash between supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and some security personnel.
This followed a bench warrant issued by the Tamale High Court for the arrest of the Member of Parliament (MP) of the Savelugu Constituency, Alhaji Yakubu Iddriss Abdulai.
On Friday, March 31, 2023, the Chief State Attorney appealed for a bench warrant for the arrest of the Member of Parliament of the Savelugu Constituency and was granted by Presiding Judge Justice Richard Kogyapwah, for the MPs failure to appear in court where his standing trial and charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm.
The accused stormed the Tamale High Court with some supporters of the NDC, who allegedly prevented the MP’s arrest at the court premises yesterday by the police.
The Tamale High Court has since overturned the bench warrant for the arrest of the MP.
The Savelugu MP is expected to reappear in court on April 5, 2023.
In 2020, the then Northern Regional Police Commander, DCOP Timothy Yoosa Bonga, announced the seizure of an AK 47 assault rifle at the office of the NDC parliamentary candidate for the Savelugu Constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Yakubu Iddriss Abdulai.
The search of the candidate’s office by the Northern Regional Security Taskforce was part of the investigations being undertaken in connection with the shooting incident which occurred in Savelugu during the 2020 elections, leading to the death of a 12-year-old girl.
The shooting incident in the Savelugu Constituency, which resulted in the death of a 12-year-old girl with three persons sustaining severe injuries, was one of the incidents which featured in the December 7 polls.
FROM Eric Kombat, Tamale