General News of Friday, 14 August 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comCourt denies bail for 8 suspects in 'bloody' NDC, NPP clashes at NkrankwantaProperties were destroyed and one life lost in the chaosA District Court in Sunyani on Thursday, August 13, 2020, denied a bail application for eight persons arrested following a bloody clash between supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Nkrankwanta in the Bono Region. The clashes between the supporters of the opposition NDC and the governing NPP on August 8, 2020, during the new voters' registration exercise, resulted in the death of one person while two others got injured. Presiding Judge, Mr Fred Obikyere, remanded the eight accused persons and referred the case to the Wamfie District Court in the Dormaa East District to continue with the hearing because it was closer to the crime scene. When the incident broke in August 8, the Bono Regional Police Command told GhanaWeb that three individuals had been arrested. Chief Inspector Augustine Oppong revealed that despite the confusion witnessed, calm had been restored to area as police intensify patrols.

Source: GhanaWeb August 14, 2020 15:00 UTC