{"id":256294,"date":"2024-11-27T08:22:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T08:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/ndps-flagbearer-attacked-by-armed-men-near-wenchi\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T08:22:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T08:22:44","slug":"ndps-flagbearer-attacked-by-armed-men-near-wenchi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/ndps-flagbearer-attacked-by-armed-men-near-wenchi\/","title":{"rendered":"NDP&#8217;s flagbearer attacked by armed men near Wenchi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Alhaji Mohammed Frimpong, and his team were reportedly attacked by armed men in the Bono Region.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred late on Tuesday, November 26, around 11 p.m., while they were travelling between Nsakaw and Wenchi. The team was returning from a campaign tour in Namasa within the Tain Constituency.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1112145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-27-at-07.24.06_9f2857a4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1032\" height=\"774\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Members of the team sustained minor injuries from the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The Bono Regional Chairman of the NDP, Evans Ofori, told the media the team was ambushed and attacked by a group of armed masked men who fired indiscriminately at them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were on our way to Wenchi from Namasa, getting close to Wenchi, the policeman who was with us saw a barrier and told us to slow down, we thought it was a police barrier because when we were passing there in the morning, there was a police barrier there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw armed men in masks who started firing at us and we had to reverse, our screens were hit and got damaged, and fortunately, no one got seriously injured apart from the cuts from the glasses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1112144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-27-at-07.24.05_872ded4d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1032\" height=\"774\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ofori added \u201cWhen the incident happened, within a short time the police patrol were around, and they escorted us to Wenchi, where we wrote our statement at the police station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must commend the police officer who was with us, he acted professionally to save our lives. 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