{"id":592086,"date":"2019-02-15T19:12:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T19:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"<br><p>Gabby says the NPP does not compete in things that sets Ghana back, contrary to Mahama's earlier remarks<\/p><div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member and"},"modified":"2019-02-15T19:12:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T19:12:05","slug":"we-dont-compete-in-things-that-sets-ghana-back-gabby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/15\/we-dont-compete-in-things-that-sets-ghana-back-gabby\/","title":{"rendered":"We don\u2019t compete in things that sets Ghana back \u2013 Gabby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Gabby says the NPP does not compete in things that sets Ghana back, contrary to Mahama&#8217;s earlier remarks<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member and close confidante of the President, Asare Otchere Darko (Gabby), has noted that the NPP does not compete with the National Democratic Congress in the things that sets Ghana back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\u201cIt burns the heart whenever some elements do things that allow NPP to be compared to NDC negatively,\u201d Gabby wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"192\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgabby.a.otcheredarko%2Fposts%2F10157025029437959&amp;width=500\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">The private legal practitioner\u2019s Facebook post comes days after former President Mahama said nobody can beat the NDC when it comes to unleashing violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\u201cThe NDC has revolutionary roots and when it comes to unleashing violence.\u00a0Nobody can beat us in unleashing violence,\u201d he warned the NPP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Mahama was reacting to some violent incidents that occurred at the private residence of the NDC candidate, Delali Kwesi Brempong during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election last Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eoMzAQjM6lo\" width=\"550\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Some national security operatives stormed the residence and engaged in a shooting spree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Some voters believed to be sympathisers of the NDC were also beaten by the armed men. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">MP for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, was also assaulted by some of the macho men.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Minister of State in charge of National Security has defended the operation by the armed men, saying that they were acting on intelligence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Several civil society groups have condemned the attack and have called for investigations into the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">President Nana Akufo-Addo noted that those found culpable must face the law. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">But the opposition NDC believes this is a farce. They have accused the NPP and the government of intimidation during the by-election and have even <b>called for the results to be annulled.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Former President Mahama who is gunning to lead the NDC into the 2020 elections says they with meet the NPP boot for boot in the violence game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">His comments have attracted some frowning faces including that of council of state member, Sam Okudzeto who <b>described them as irresponsible.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=1559506714349564\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gabby says the NPP does not compete in things that sets Ghana back, contrary to Mahama&#8217;s earlier remarks Governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member and close confidante of the President, Asare Otchere Darko (Gabby), has noted that the NPP does not compete with the National Democratic Congress in the things that sets Ghana back. \u201cIt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":592087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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