Several supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Mampong in the Ashanti Region have been injured in an internal violent clash.
A former Member of Parliament for the area, Francis Addai-Nimoh, was prevented by the supporters of the incumbent MP, Sarpong Ampratwum, from filing his nomination forms to contest the party’s primary.
The situation created confusion among the supporters of the two aspiring candidates, causing them to clash in a free-for-all at the party’s constituency office Wednesday afternoon.
Supporters from both sides hurled stones at each other while others used sticks to smash their opponent, injuring some of them in the process.
Video from the scene showed one person who was slapped with a stick collapsed in front of a shop near the party office while another person who had a stick in hand with blood oozing from his face being restrained.
Others were captured heckling each other just in front of the party office which is located on the first floor of a building.
It took the intervention of the police which arrived at the scene an hour later, to disperse the angry crowd.
At least six persons have been injured during a free-for-all fight at the Asante Mampong Constituency in the Ashanti Region.
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