{"id":594280,"date":"2019-02-25T14:46:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T14:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<!-- \/1002554\/MJO_Announcement_250X340 -->\n\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">Opposition MP Sam Dzata George has explained circumsta"},"modified":"2019-02-25T14:46:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T14:46:24","slug":"slapped-ndc-mp-explains-attack-during-by-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/25\/slapped-ndc-mp-explains-attack-during-by-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Slapped NDC MP explains attack during by-election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!-- \/1002554\/MJO_Announcement_250X340 --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">Opposition MP Sam Dzata George has explained circumstances leading to his assault as violence broke out during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election last month.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">According to him, all he did\u00a0was ask a car bucket load of menacing-looking men, some of whom were masked, whether they were they were from national security or NPP party security.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid-1 --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">His testimony at the Emile Short Commission investigating the violence on January 31, 2019 has been highly anticipated especially after a SWAT commander claimed his words were a threat to \u201cnational cohesion.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\">The SWAT commander DSP Samuel Azugu requested for an in-camera hearing, explaining the words reportedly uttered are too unpalatable for national television.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid-2 --><\/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\/DfrkppZP5eA\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">\u201cIf I say it, the MP may be attacked by somebody\u2026let me give it to you in-camera,\u201d\u00a0the SWAT commander said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Commission after conferring, declined to hear the words and asked the commander to write alleged words.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">But showing no restraint at the commission, the Ningo-Prampram MP said one of the men in the bucket threatened \u201cyou will see what we will do to you.\u201d<\/span><\/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:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">But after point fingers at the men and questioning their identity, one of the men jumped out and slapped him. Another joined in the assault.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam George slapped Ayawaso West Wuogon violence\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/2774039583228_4742884632717.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><i><b>Photo: Sam George [left] was slapped by man wearing all back<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">He recalled, \u201cthe last thing I remember being said to me was this was the beginning of 2020.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Sam George told the Commission that uniformed police officers failed to restrain his attackers while one of them picked from the ground, a mobile phone of an operative.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">He gave the name of one of his attackers as Mohammed Sulley.<\/span><\/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:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">According to National Security minister Albert Kan-Dapaah, a man who slapped the MP and is a national security operative has been identified but has not been arrested.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">The violence during the by-election resulted in at least 15 injuries and nine arrests. 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