President John Evans Atta Mills
A man with an eye for the Odododiodio constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and a presidential aide, was said to have doled out GH¢45,000 (¢450million) to some residents of the sprawling slum of Agbogbloshie in Accra, home to thousands of Dagomba youth, over the weekend.
The GH¢45,000, considered as Manna from Heaven and given out to placate the Andani activists who last week destroyed NDC paraphernalia following a court ruling freeing Abudus over the Ya Na murder, is already causing a commotion.
NDC eyewitnesses who could not mention their names, said they were certain that the gentleman was seeking to unseat the incumbent MP, Nii Tackie Komme, in the ruling party’s pending primaries.
Leaders of the NDC in the slum were told that the money was intended to calm the Dagomba youth over their reaction to last Tuesday’s ruling in the Ya Na murder case, in which some 15 accused persons were freed.
Following the ruling, some Andani youth living in the market set NDC paraphernalia including T-shirts on fire, in protest, replicating what took place in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale, where a worse action took place. The NDC founder, Jerry John Rawlings, said the action was highly overdue.
The NDC man pleaded with the angry persons as he doled out the money through their leaders and a promise to return with another gesture in the form of motorbikes and more money.
The gesture did not come without confusion and fisticuffs, as those who felt their leaders had shortchanged them turned to blows to sort things out.
A certain Abdallah, said to be the leader of a group of 13, who went for the money at the Castle, had his shop vandalized. His whereabouts was unknown as at press time.
A certain M. Suala was also part of the delegation to the Castle for the cash.
News about the Manna from Heaven spread like wildfire as party supporters and perhaps others headed for the distribution centre to avail themselves of the largesse.
When DAILY GUIDE contacted a man associated with the market, he said he had heard about the money distribution.
Someone remarked that this was only a tip of the iceberg about the extent of money that would be pumped into the next elections.
By A.R. Gomda
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