General News of Saturday, 2 February 2019Source: www.ghanaweb.comAyawaso West Wuogon by-election: Violent acts frightening, worrisome – CSOsOne of the injured persons during the shootingsCoalition of National Anti-corruption Civil Society Organization (CSOs) has described the shooting of party members and agents at the Ayawaso constituency as worrying and heartbreaking. The actions taken by the masked National Security Personnel on the election grounds, according to them has dire consequences for Ghana’s democracy and could trigger rebuttals from the affected persons and or political parties. “The recorded violent confrontations between the purported masked National Security Personnel and uniformed police personnel is very dangerous for our democracy that can trigger a chain of unwarranted reactions”, the organization stated. BackgroundThere was a shooting by some armed security personnel at the residence of NDC Parliamentary candidate for the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency on January 31, 2019. Both the NDC and NPP held press conferences to address the issue and calm their angry supporters.

Source: GhanaWeb February 02, 2019 12:11 UTC