Some irate youth highly suspected to be members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Wa have attacked the residence of the municipal chief executive, Issahaku Tahiru Moomin, over matters believed to be related to the polling station elections within the party.
The police say they are yet to make any arrests, but those thugs are being strongly linked with yesterday’s polling station elections by the party.
Windows and doors at the MCE’s Kpaguri residence were smashed during the seven-minute invasion by the rampaging youth, who, according to eyewitnesses, alluded to Mr Moomin’s interference in the ongoing polling station elections within the municipality.
Other property, including furniture, electronic gadgets, kitchenware and petty consumables, were scattered about on the compound after the attack.
The attack happened in the absence of the MCE, when the youth forced themselves into the premises, with just his wife and some two visitors at home.
Two other party executives in Wa Central Constituency are also counting their losses following identical attacks on their separate properties at Wa Zongo.
Mr Moomin pointed fingers at persons in authority within the Wa Central executive of the New Patriotic Party, stoking an internal flame that was sparked recently by a series of accusations and counter-accusations.
He denied interfering in the polling station elections and said the thuggery was an orchestration to drag him into a confrontation with ill-minded personalities.
The police say they have launched an investigation into the violent destruction of property to bring the characters behind it to book.
In recent times, the MCE, who was the NPP’s parliamentary candidate for Wa Central during the 2016 general elections, and the party’s constituency chairman, Ali Kamara, have traded accusations over their separate commitments to the capture of the parliamentary seat.
Mr Kamara was inaccessible during efforts to reach him in person at his residence or by phone.
The incidents were a strange occurrence in Upper West Region, despite the recent escalation of politically-related violence across the country.
Indeed, the region hardly records such violence in politics, and the few examples, including the attack on the district chief executive for Sissala West in October last year, are the odd cases.
