{"id":2521,"date":"2019-02-11T12:29:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T12:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=2521"},"modified":"2019-02-11T12:29:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T12:29:43","slug":"ndc-council-of-elders-express-disgust-at-brutality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/11\/ndc-council-of-elders-express-disgust-at-brutality\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC Council of Elders express disgust at brutality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Council of Elders of the opposition National Democratic Congress  (NDC) has expressed disgust at the unprovoked brutality unleased on  supporters of the party at the residence of the parliamentary candidate  of the party, Mr Delali Kwasi Brempong, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/31\/ndc-pulls-out-of-ayawaso-west-wuogon-by-election\/\">Ayawaso West Wuogon  by-election.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe NDC is horrified by the unprovoked brutality unleashed by the  operatives of the National Security on NDC supporters at the residence  of the NDC parliamentary candidate\u00a0 during the Ayawaso West Wuogon  by-election held on January 31, 2019,\u201d a statement signed and issued by  the Vice-Chairman of the Council, Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu, said.<br><br><strong>Blaming the NDC?<\/strong><br><br>The  statement added that the council was equally scandalised by attempts to  blame the NDC for the mayhem, saying that it defied logic and common  sense. <br><br>It asked: \u201cHow could the NDC unleash such savagery on its own candidate and supporters?<br><br>According  to the party, brutalities of that nature devalued the image of  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and bastardised his commitment to  democracy and the rule of law. <br><br>\u201cThey post definite threat to the  nation and its fledging democracy and lay the foundation for mayhem in  future elections. They undermine investor confidence that would lead to  economic stagnation,\u201d the statement said. <br><br><strong>Rein them in<\/strong><br><br>The  Council of Elders of the NDC, therefore, called on President Akufo-Addo  to rein in and disband vigilante groups as a matter of extreme urgency  and to do everything in his power to preserve peace in the nation. <br><br>\u201cThe President must allow the established security services of the nation to do their professional work,\u201d it said. <br><br>It  also called on the IGP to conduct a thorough investigation of the  incident and redeem the image of the Police by ensuring maximum  punishment for those involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphic.com.gh\/news\/politics\/ghananews-ndc-council-of-elders-express-disgust-at-brutality.html\">graphic.com.gh<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Council of Elders of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed disgust at the unprovoked brutality unleased on supporters of the party at <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/11\/ndc-council-of-elders-express-disgust-at-brutality\/\" title=\"NDC Council of Elders express disgust at brutality\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[191,478],"class_list":["post-2521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-ndc","tag-wuogon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - 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