{"id":615118,"date":"2019-05-09T11:42:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T11:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"post-512124\"><header>\n \n<\/header><div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma"},"modified":"2019-05-09T11:42:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T11:42:08","slug":"daffiama-bussie-issa-ndc-chairman-killed-by-gunmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/09\/daffiama-bussie-issa-ndc-chairman-killed-by-gunmen\/","title":{"rendered":"Daffiama-Bussie-Issa NDC chairman killed by gunmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-512124\">\n<header>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/Oforikrom-police.jpg\" alt=\"Daffiama-Bussie-Issa NDC chairman killed by gunmen\"\/><span class=\"featured-image-caption\"><br \/>\nFile photo <\/span><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Daffiama-Bussie-Issa constituency chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Upper West Region, Richard Bayiviala Polibong, has been killed by unknown gunmen.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened near Sagu, a village in the Wa municipality at about 9:30 pm on Wednesday when the chairman was returning from a funeral in his constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The Upper West Regional Organiser of the NDC, Issahaku Nuhu Putiaha, confirming the incident to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> said the chairman and his driver were stopped by four men but his driver, upon realizing they were armed, tried to speed off.<\/p>\n<p>He said one of the armed men shot the chairman in his head, killing him instantly.<\/p>\n<p>The body has been deposited at the Upper West regional hospital morgue pending further investigations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XREspinVVQg\" width=\"645\" height=\"363\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Post source : <\/span>Latif Mahama | citinewsroom.com | Ghana<\/p>\n<\/div>\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>File photo The Daffiama-Bussie-Issa constituency chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Upper West Region, Richard Bayiviala Polibong, has been killed by unknown gunmen. 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