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By Regina Benneh\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sunyani, Feb. 01, GNA \u2013 A defeated Sunyani West parliamentary aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Mubarik Abdulla Ciessey has\u202fexpressed shock about an attack\u202fon him by unknown assailants few hours to the\u202fstart\u202fof the Party\u2019s parliamentary primaries on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Speaking to the media in Sunyani, Mr Ciessey said the incident happened at about 02:15 hours on that day, January 27, 2024, at a spot close to a filing station\u202fnear Kobedi\u202fwhile on his way to Chiraa in the Sunyani West Municipality to meet some delegates.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said he\u202fheard a noise from behind and decided to slow down\u202fto find out if his vehicle had developed a mechanical fault, saying two people, one holding a gun suddenly emerged from the bush and threw some\u202fmetals on the road with the view to flatten the tyre (s) of the vehicle\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr. Ciessey said a third attacker also threw a\u202fbig stone to break the\u202fvehicle\u2019s front windscreen to\u202fhit his\u202fchest and made him confused and helpless because his advance party\u2019s vehicle had already gone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said the robbers robbed him of a huge sum of money, two Dell laptop computers and three mobile phones.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr. Ciessey said the case had since been reported to the Sunyani West Municipal Police Command for investigation and added that he would be able to identify one of the robbers because they were not wearing facemasks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Though he lost the primaries, Mr. Ciessey expressed satisfaction about the\u202ftransparent and peaceful manner that it was conducted\u202fby the Municipal office of the Electoral Commission and congratulated Mr. Ignatius Baffour-Awuah\u202fthe incumbent Member of Parliament who emerged victorious as the constituency\u2019s NPP parliamentary candidate for the Election 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He assured of his readiness to\u202fsupport Mr. Baffour-Awuah to ensure victory for the\u202fNPP in the\u202f2024 general election.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A source at the Sunyani West Municipal Police Command confirmed the incident when contacted by\u202fthe\u202fGhana News Agency\u202fbut\u202fsaid\u202fthey were\u202fyet\u202fto take the statement\u202fof Mr. Ciessey because he was on admission at the Sunyani\u202fMunicipal Hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Police officer who pleaded anonymity suspected the incident to be a robbery attack, adding that the Police had since visited the crime scene and towed the victim\u2019s vehicle to the Police Station while investigation was ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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