The reported disturbances perpetrated by some
New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters have been exaggerated, the National Youth
Organiser of the NPP, Sammy Awuku, has asserted.
He expressed concern
over the impression that the disturbances were rampant nationwide describing
them as reckless acts of mischief geared towards causing fear and
panic.
Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Awuku expressed his
scepticism with the reportage saying “there are not more than three or four
examples but when you make it topical as if it is across the country, over the
275 constituencies, I find it a bit outrageous.”
He further made
references to some alleged hoax reports that suggested that some high profile
National Democratic Congress (NDC) supports were being targeted by the
NPP.
NPP won’t accept blame for attacks
The NPP youth organiser
also maintained that the NPP and its victorious Flagbearer, President-elect Nana
Akufo-Addo, would not take responsibility for calming tensions when there was
already a sitting President and police administration in place.
Mr. Awuku
instead asserted that “it behoves on the John Mahama administration and the
current police administration to ensure that the country is at peace with itself
and intact as at January 7.”
“If you talk to me on January 8 and you are
citing these examples, then as a party, we take the fall for that , but not when
there is government in place, there is an administration in place and you want
us to carry this on our hear.”
“What I am saying is that President Mahama
has to put his foot down. He is the Commander and chief of the farmer forces.
Nana Addo is the president-elect. He cannot order even a single prison officer,”
Mr. Awuku added.
