Adum PZ Fire: Alleged Bawumia Supporters Clash With Ralph St Williams During Market Visit In Kumasi

• Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's supporters, in a video, clashed with social media activist Ralph St Williams during a visit to the Adum PZ market
• The supporters confronted Ralph St Williams for allegedly taking photos of Dr Bawumia for malicious purposes during his visit to the market
• Dr Mahamudu Bawumia visited the affected traders of the Adum PZ market fire to donate GH₵200k and bags of cement

Supporters of former vice president Mahamudu Bawumia have clashed with Ralph St Williams, a social media activist, at Adum PZ Market in the Ashanti Region, Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

Following a fire outbreak that ravaged businesses in the area on Friday, March 21, 2025, Dr Bawumia visited the scene to commiserate with the victims.

The fire, which started at dawn and blazed into the night, consumed all the shops at the Adum Blue Light market area, destroying goods which is estimated to cost many millions. The affected traders have been crying help, which Dr Bawumia heeded.

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Arriving at the scene, the former Vice President sympathised with traders who lost their goods during the fire incident and donated money and several bags of cement to help them rebuild the market.

He received a big rousing welcome from the traders who were excited to see him at the market with the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman Wontumi and other bigwigs of the party.

Ralph St Williams clashes with Bawumia supporters

The visit was nearly marred by the sudden appearance of Ralph St Williams on the scene to allegedly film the former vice president.

In a video sighted by YEN.com.gh, the social media activist was engaged in a heated altercation with some supporters of the 2024 presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who were at the market.

The NPP supporters confronted Ralph St Williams for allegedly taking photos of the former Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's visit to the Kumasi market fire scene for malicious purposes.

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Some personnel from the Ghana Police Service intervened in the scuffle to save the social media activist from the angry supporters.

Ralph St Williams recently landed in the grips of the Ghana Police Service for engaging in a confrontation with New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP Stephen Amoah on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

The Fix The Country activist took out his phone to record the MP and started confronting him over issues in his constituency after he arrived to witness the 2025 budget reading at the Parliament of Ghana.

Amoah, popularly known as Sticka, explained that he made a complaint to the police because he felt threatened by Ralph St Williams.

Ralph St Williams was released from the Greater Accra Regional Police Command. After a brief conversation with the Nhyiaeso MP, St Williams refused a sum of money that was reportedly offered to him by the MP.

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Below is the video of Dr Bawumia's supporters clashing with Ralph St Williams at the Adum PZ market:

Reactions to Ralph's clash with supporters

The altercation between Ralph St Williams and the Bawumia supporters sparked mixed reactions online. While some blasted him for being overzealous, others defended him. YEN.com.gh has gathered some comments from social media users below:

Dawson_Blaud said it was about time Ralph got stopped:

'Maybe that wasn’t Ralph’s intention oo. But yeah, that guy needs to be stopped at some point in time cos he dey overdo. 😪."

twumwiafek wondered how Ralph was getting such audacity from :

"But who gave this guy the audacity to involve himself in politics 🤣."

lowkey15294477 thought Ralph St Williams' actions were not wise:

"He fool pass. He Dey fight give Ghana lmao. He doesn’t know Ghana go betray am. He go die free."

stephenoduro17 observed that there was a difference between Kumasi and Accra:

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"Kumasi no be Accra. Ralph should know it."

Mahama visits Adum Market fire scene

Earlier, President John Mahama had visited the scene of the Adum Market fire to commiserate with traders.

As reported by YEN.com.gh, Mahama arrived at the site to a rousing welcome from affected traders, who even in their troubled moment, cheered him on.

The videos of the president's arrival and the reception given to him sparked massive reactions from social media users.

Source: YEN.com.gh