The Mfantseman constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has temporarily suspended its campaign activities in the area following the death of Member of Parliament and New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate for the constituency, Ekow Quansah Hayford according to a Citinewsroom report.
With barely 60 days to a major election, suspending campaign in one of the most crucial regions in Ghana will be off the table for many politicians. The move by the National Democratic Congress goes to the very heart of the essence of all politicking—the wellbeing of the people.
In a statement, the party called on the police to apprehend the perpetrators of the dastardly act and “let the law deal ruthlessly with them.”
Mr. Ekow Quansah Hayford was reportedly shot to death on Friday dawn by some unknown assailants on the Abeadze Dominase–Abeadze Duadzi–Mankessim road.
The MP and some executives of the NPP were returning from a campaign trip when the incident occurred.
The Mfantseman constituency NDC executives said President Nana Akufo-Addo must urgently move to address the poor security situation across the country, as the killing of the legislator comes days after a similar attack on some NDC executives in the Ashanti Region.
“In expressing our utmost condolences to the good people of Mfantseman, we call on the NPP government of H. E. Nana Akufo-Addo to arrest the poor security situation across the country. We recall how some NDC Regional Executives of the Ashanti Region as well as Hon. Mrs Betty Mould Iddrisu was also attacked viciously by armed robbers on their way from campaigns a few days ago as well as similar happenings in other parts of the country,” the party said in the statement.
