{"id":71705,"date":"2025-07-11T14:17:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=71705"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:17:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:17:06","slug":"ablekuma-north-attacks-disturbing-this-is-not-the-democracy-we-want-to-see-bawumia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=71705","title":{"rendered":"Ablekuma North attacks disturbing, this is not the democracy we want to see \u2013 Bawumia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 34 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>Former Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has condemned the violent incidents reported during the ongoing parliamentary rerun in Ablekuma North.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the development is a betrayal of the democratic principles the National Democratic Congress (NDC) pledged to uphold when they won power in the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tdb9UVc4Z3w?si=n5r1et_b2k0icIj0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with JoyNews, he explained that \u201cthey\u2019re very disturbing.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not the democracy that we want to see in Ghana. Our supporters are being attacked by thugs in the presence of the police who have been unable to protect them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Moment masked hoodlum lashed out at JoyNews reporter without provocation.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoyNews?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JoyNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iiAutGghzu\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/iiAutGghzu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JoyNews (@JoyNewsOnTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoyNewsOnTV\/status\/1943646016114213370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission (EC) ordered the rerun in 19 polling stations following disputes over unauthenticated results from the December 7, 2024, general elections. <\/p>\n<p>However, tensions escalated today as reports emerged of intimidation, clashes, and arrests of individuals in suspicious uniforms.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9vO7Gf2IW2w?si=0L34UdgXtErwGwne\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tensions escalated dramatically at the St. Peter\u2019s Society Methodist Church polling station in Odorkor, part of the Ablekuma North constituency.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/hawa-koomson-allegedly-assaulted-as-chaos-erupts-in-ablekuma-north-rerun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hawa Koomson assaulted as chaos erupts in Ablekuma North rerun<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The electoral rerun was violently disrupted when a group of unidentified \u201cmacho men\u201d stormed the premises in coordinated fashion, arriving in a pickup truck accompanied by multiple motorbikes, forcing panic among voters, electoral personnel and security forces.<\/p>\n<p>Eye\u2010witnesses report that the assailants overpowered the security detail and launched an assault on several political figures, including former MP and ex\u2010Fisheries Minister Mavis Hawa Koomson.<\/p>\n<p>Disturbing video footage shows her being forced to the ground and reportedly stomped in the chest and groin area before officers intervened.<\/p>\n<p>Other victims included NPP parliamentary candidate Nana Akua Afriyie and a female party agent, both reportedly injured amid the turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the morning, a JoyNews journalist was slapped and pushed by a thug.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n        <div class=\"booster-block booster-reactions-block\">\n            <div class=\"twp-reactions-icons\">\n                \n                <div 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