{"id":592638,"date":"2019-02-19T21:58:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T21:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">The government has condemned the shooting incident at the Ashanti regional office of the NDC <b>that left one person dead.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-le"},"modified":"2019-02-19T21:58:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T21:58:38","slug":"govt-condemns-fatal-shooting-at-ndc-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/19\/govt-condemns-fatal-shooting-at-ndc-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t condemns fatal shooting at NDC office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">The government has condemned the shooting incident at the Ashanti regional office of the NDC <b>that left one person dead.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">A statement signed by the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said: \u201cthe government expresses condolences to the bereaved family, wishes the injured a speedy recovery and urges the Police to speed up investigations to bring the perpetrators to book.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\u201cGovernment reiterates that violence should be eschewed from all spheres of our national life. Citizens and Groups are further encouraged to desist from actions that create a state of insecurity in our nation,\u201d the statement added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Police in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi,\u00a0are investigating the disturbances. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"550\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iO91boaqk8E\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">An earlier statement from the <span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"color:black\">police said their initial investigations reveal four persons who are members of NDC vigilante group, \u2018The Hawks\u2019 are behind the attack.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\"><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"color:black\">The four are Husein Barnabas, also known as Warrior, Mijima, Damos, and Abu Taliban.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\"><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"color:black\">An eyewitness told Joy News there was an altercation between a member of the Hawks and another NDC group member.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\"><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Hawks member shot the NDC man thrice: first in the leg and while he tried to escape he shot him twice in the chest at close range.<\/span><\/span><\/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\"><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"color:black\">Another victim of the shooting is reported to be in critical condition at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"info ndc shooting\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/4736384707502_7706342000565.jpeg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:2px; height:600px; width:438px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3833901217\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/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>The government has condemned the shooting incident at the Ashanti regional office of the NDC that left one person dead. 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