 has ordered the IGP, Christian Tetteh Yohuno, to immediately arrest and investigate Chief Sofo Azorka){kind=link}
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, to immediately arrest and investigate NDC National Vice Chairman Chief Sofo Azorka, popularly known as Chairman Azorka.
The NPP also called for the arrest of NDC’s Abuakwa North Constituency Communications Officer, Abdul Wahab Amadu, for threatening violence and assaulting party officials during the polls.
According to the NPP, such violent conduct by a National Officer of the ruling party and a constituency officer diminishes the gains of Ghana’s democracy.
The NPP statement, signed by NPP General Secretary Justin Frimpong Kodua, stated, “The New Patriotic Party condemns the threats of death against the Minority Leader, Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin; the National Organiser, Henry Nana Boakye; and Hon. Frank Annor Dompreh by the 1st National Vice Chairman of the NDC, Chief Sofo Azorka, and Alhaji Abdul Wahab Amadu, the Abuakwa North Constituency communication officer of the NDC.
The Party further condemns the unprovoked physical attack of its 3rd National Vice Chairman, Alhaji Osman Masawudu, by Chief Sofo Azorka and his notorious hoodlums”.
The statement continued, “Such violent conduct by no means a person than a National Officer of the ruling party and a constituency officer diminishes the gains of our democracy and has the potential to create further insecurity in the country in the face of Ghana’s recent decline in the Global Peace Index Ranking.
The Party will formally lodge complaints with the Ghana Police Service against the mentioned individuals.
We are also calling on the Inspector General of Police, as part of his post-election actions, to immediately arrest and investigate Chief Sofo Azorka, Alhaji Abdul Wahab and any other person captured in the videos widely circulated in the media. I
The recklessness of the actions of Chief Sofo Azorka and Alhaji Abdul Wahab ought to be properly investigated and punished”.
The NPP demands come on the heels of the National Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Sofo Azorka, who has expressed anger over an unannounced visit by the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, to the NDC party office during the ongoing Akwatia by-election.
Afenyo-Markin’s visit to the NDC office sparked a heated exchange between NDC members and the entourage of the Minority Leader.
NDC supporters alleged that the NPP’s Afenyo-Markin and his team stormed the NDC office to remove some posters of their candidate.
According to Azorka, Afenyo-Markin, the NPP is trying to use undemocratic strategies.
He further warned Alexander Afenyo-Markin that a by-election will be held in Afenyo-Markin’s constituency if he tries anything.
Speaking to the media, Chief Sofo Azorka stated, “Wallahi, we go do by-election in his hometown.”
“Fiang Fiang what does he want here? Is he the NDC secretary? You people should talk to them. You are coming to our office to do what? You people are journalists, talk to them, this is not parliament that he will be talking anyhow, here is a freedom field our eyes are red”, he added.
Meanwhile, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the minority leader, has replied, the National Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Sofo Azorka, who threatened him.
According to Afenyo Markin, he would not abandon the Akwatia by-election and return to Accra due to Sofo Azorka’s death threats.
Afenyo Markin further called on NPP members not to tremble in fear of violence and to join the monitoring process.
Speaking to the media, Afenyo-Markin stated, “I’ve heard the NDC’s Vice Chairman, Sofo Azorka, is on radio and TV speaking against me and threatening to kill me. Well, that’s his own issue. What I know is that he and his Azorka boys are known for going about and killing people, and this is not his first time issuing threats, but I am not a coward.
“So, I want to tell the NPP leaders in Accra that the time is just 2 PM, and it’s not too late yet. We have foot soldiers on the ground. So, the rants of Azorka should not frighten anyone to sit in their rooms back in Accra out of fear. Politics is not conducted out of fear; it is done with courage,” he said.
The Minority Leader added, “Our forebears who established the party, the likes of JB Danquah and others, went to jail. Some of them died in jail. So, let nobody be scared. From what I have witnessed in Akwatia, the dedication and sacrifice by our youth give me hope that in 2028, if we work in unity, victory will be ours.”
“So, I will not abandon here and run to Accra while our foot soldiers are here working because Sofo Azorka says he will kill me, so I am running away. If he says he will kill me, he should go ahead and kill me.
As a human, once you die, that’s it. So, if he claims to have the strength to kill, so be it,” he stated.
See the statement below:
