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NDP Presidential Candidate Alhaji Mohammed Frimpong Attacked In Bono Region, Escapes Harm
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NDP Presidential Candidate Alhaji Mohammed Frimpong Attacked In Bono Region, Escapes Harm

by  Delali Adogla-Bessa 2 min read
  • The National Democratic Party (NDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Mohammed Frimpong, escaped an attack in the Bono Region
  • The reported attack occurred on November 26, 2024, on a road between Nsakaw and Wenchi on the way back from campaigning
  • The National Democratic Party campaign praised the Ghana Police Service's response to the reported attempt on the candidate

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The National Democratic Party (NDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Mohammed Frimpong, and his campaign team escaped harm after being attacked by armed men in the Bono Region.

The reported incident occurred late Tuesday, November 26, 2024, around 11 p.m. on the stretch of road between Nsakaw and Wenchi.

National Democratic Party, Mohammed Frimpong, Police, Election 2024, Robbers, Bono Region
National Democratic Party presidential candidate Alhaji Mohammed Frimpong is safe after he was attacked in the Bono Region. Source: Mohammed Frimpong
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The NDP team was returning from a campaign tour in Namasa, Tain Constituency.

Evans Ofori, the Bono Regional Chairman of the NDP, told Channel One News the team initially mistook the armed men’s roadblock for a police checkpoint.

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"We saw armed men in masks who started firing at us; we had to reverse. Our screens were hit and got damaged."

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The incident also prompted a rapid response from a police patrol team, which arrived shortly after and escorted the NDP team to Wenchi. No one was wounded in the incident.

This will be the fourth time the NDP, founded by Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, is contesting in an election.

After balloting, Frimpong's party is set to feature as the sixth candidate on the ballot. The NDP, a breakaway from the National Democratic Congress, won 0.4% of the vote in the 2020 election, according to Peace FM.

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She was first hospitalised at the Nsawam Government Hospital. When her condition did not improve, she was moved to the intensive care unit at the Ridge Hospital in Accra.

Proofread by Bruce Douglas, senior copy editor at YEN.com.gh

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Delali Adogla-Bessa (Current Affairs Editor) Delali Adogla-Bessa is a Current Affairs Editor with YEN.com.gh. Delali previously worked as a freelance journalist in Ghana and has over seven years of experience in media, primarily with Citi FM, Equal Times, Ubuntu Times. Delali also volunteers with the Ghana Institute of Language Literacy and Bible Translation, where he documents efforts to preserve local languages. He graduated from the University of Ghana in 2014 with a BA in Information Studies. Email: delali.adogla-bessa@yen.com.gh.

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