{"id":272931,"date":"2011-01-06T12:43:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T12:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=45062"},"modified":"2011-01-06T12:43:57","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T12:43:57","slug":"ndc-footsoldiers-chase-out-dces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/06\/ndc-footsoldiers-chase-out-dces\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC Footsoldiers Chase Out DCEs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-32480\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/11\/11\/central-region-ndc-calls-for-calm-within-the-party\/ndc_polo\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32480\" title=\"ndc_polo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ndc_polo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a>The District Chief Executive (DCE)  for West Mamprusi, Laud Sulley Abudu Zakaria\u2019s decision to run out of  his district in the early hours of Wednesday January 5, 2011, saved him  from being lynched or maimed by some angry foot-soldiers of the National  Democratic Congress (NDC).<br \/>\nBut a member of the group warned: \u201cWe  will chase the DCE anywhere we meet him.\u201d The fuming foot-soldiers, who  were wielding sharp implements and clubs, marched, alongside some  leading members and constituency executives of the party, through the  streets of Walewale, as they chanted war songs and openly insulted the  DCE amidst threats that they would cause harm should they meet him in or  outside his office.<br \/>\nThe angry NDC faithful, numbering over 500,  matched to the office of the West Mamprusi District Assembly with the  intention of forcing their way into the office of the DCE, Laud Sulley  Abudu Zakari, but came against a strong opposition from about 40 armed  police officers who had stormed the district from Tamale.<br \/>\nA  police source also told DAILY GUIDE that the DCE had lost the support  and cooperation of the District Police Management and personnel, due to  the continuous humiliation and insults he piled on them. The same  applied to other key security personnel in the district.<br \/>\nA  petition presented to the District Coordinating Director, Alhassan  Ziblim Al-Hassan, for onward submission to the Regional Minister and  other stakeholders demanded the immediate removal of the DCE from  office.<br \/>\nThe party members and executives, in that petition,  resolved that the official Nissan Navara pick-up being used by the DCE  should be parked before the close of work on January 5, 2011. Failure to  do this, they warned, would result in serious consequences for the  party, as the Executives had sworn to withdraw their services until an  action was taken against the DCE.<br \/>\nSpokesperson for the group,  Sulemana Mutaka, said the various youth groups of the party in the  district had been very calm in the face of several provocations and  gross disrespect toward the Constituency Executives and other leading  members in the West Mamprusi district because of their loyalty to the  NDC.<br \/>\n\u201cMr. Sulley Abudu Zakaria does not deserve to be a leader,  nor a representative of a political party, because he does not have the  qualities that can attract more followers and to unite them for  development. That aside, the man has had problems everywhere he was sent  to, as a teacher or headmaster and he has openly disrespected some  chiefs in the district. This person cannot lead us to any campaign, due  to the bad image he has created for himself, resulting from his  mischievous activities at places where he ever served as a teacher and  head teacher.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have sent some petitions about the behaviour of  our DCE and the way he is making the party unpopular in this district,  and yet no action has been taken against him. No wonder he goes round  bragging that he has bought his position from the regional to the  national level of the party.\u201d<br \/>\nHe alleged that within a short  period of being at post, Abudu Zakaria had had so much money that he  bragged that if he was removed from office and his official car taken  from him, he would buy a new Nissan Navara pickup and also build a  mansion in either Kumasi or Accra and relocate there.<br \/>\n\u201cBy this,  the President and whoever took the decision to put him there should know  by now that he does not have the party at heart. We will keep quiet and  we will see what will happen to the party in the district in 2012, but  before then, we will not allow the DCE to enjoy from our sweat: Yes, we  defied all threats and fears and campaigned seriously for the party,\u201d  the enraged man added in the presence of the demonstrators.<br \/>\nThis latest demonstration was the first this year but the second in the district in a matter of less than seven months.<br \/>\nThere  was a counter demonstration in the same district last year but alarm  blew when the organizers soon complained that the DCE had failed to pay  them an amount of GH\u00a22,500 out of a promised GH\u00a25000, they agreed upon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The District Chief Executive (DCE) for West Mamprusi, Laud Sulley Abudu Zakaria\u2019s decision to run out of his district in the early hours of Wednesday January 5, 2011, saved him from being lynched or maimed by some angry foot-soldiers of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). 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