{"id":592618,"date":"2019-02-19T21:53:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T21:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Ex-President John Mahama has condemned some disturbances at the Kumasi offices of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0c"},"modified":"2019-02-19T21:53:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T21:53:32","slug":"i-strongly-condemn-shooting-at-ndc-kumasi-office-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/19\/i-strongly-condemn-shooting-at-ndc-kumasi-office-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"I strongly condemn shooting at NDC Kumasi office \u2013 Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Ex-President John Mahama has condemned some disturbances at the Kumasi offices of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">In a Facebook post Monday,\u00a0the flagbearer hopeful wrote, \u201cit is clearly a criminal act, and I call on the police and relevant security agencies to investigate, immediately apprehend the culprits and subject them to the full rigours of the law.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"254\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FJDMahama%2Fposts%2F2410056502338825&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\">His comments follow a shooting incident at the party\u2019s office in the Ashanti regional capital that led to the death of one person.<\/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\">According to an eye witness, the assailant, associated with an NDC militia, the Hawks, shot the NDC man thrice during an altercation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\u201cHe shot him first in the leg while he runs and twice in the chest at close range as he lay vulnerable,\u201d the eyewitness said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ashanti NDC gunshot\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/1550613212_307_1342216716354_9175611208969.jpeg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:2px; height:413px; width:550px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"2023287679\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Luv FM\u2019s Erastus Donkor Asare reported that another man was shot but he survived and is currently receiving treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).<\/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\">A statement from the party confirmed the shooting and the death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\u201cThe regrettable incident occurred while a meeting between the National Chairman, The General Secretary, a Deputy General Secretary and the Regional Executive Committee were ongoing,\u201d the statement said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">But in sharp contrast to the account of eyewitnesses, the statement said: \u201csome men on Motorbike wielding guns attacked a gathering outside, short indiscriminately and sped off.\u201d<\/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\">Shortly after the statement was released, a witness who had spoken to Joy News earlier would not speak anymore, citing an embargo from the party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; 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