NPP supporters’ houses set ablaze in Bawku From: Ghana lwww.wsrsradio.net Last Updated: January 27, 2012, 7:00 pm
Police in Bawku are investigating arson attacks against NPP supporters in the area.
It follows the torching of several houses belonging to the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters at dawn on Friday.
The burnt houses included that of the former Bawku NPP constituency chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Mohammed Murtala.
The attacks come in the wake of similar ones against supporters of Deputy Education Minister Mahama Ayariga earlier this month.
Bawku Crime Officer DSP Adamu Seidu confirmed the incident to Joy News.
Meanwhile, Amadu Hamza, the Bawku NPP Secretary, suspected the NDC youth in Bawku were behind the arson.
“We
think that the attack was politically motivated by members of the
ruling government since Mahama Ayariga [NDC parliamentary candidate for
the area] came out earlier to allege that NPP members were burning NDC
members’ homes two weeks ago,” he said.
“We believe the situation
is not calm because there are indications that this is just the
beginning and we are expecting government to strengthen the local
security arrangement on the ground,” Hamza added.
Meanwhile, the
Deputy Minister for Education and the NDC Parliamentary candidate for
Bawku, Mahama Ayariga, who had earlier raised alarm on a similar attack
on NDC members condemned the act.
He denied the allegation that his party supporters were behind the arson.
“I
totally condemn this things and I want to give the assurance that no
member or leader in our party will support such acts,” he said. “People
are trying to create the impression that given the numerous complaints
that I have made on this issue means the NDC members are retaliating.
“We
have been cautioning all our supporters not to attempt to engage in any
act of retaliation and leave the matter in the hands of the police,” he
added.
The deputy Education Minister therefore pleaded with
supporters of the two major political parties in Bawku to co-exist
peacefully.
Ayariga impressed upon the security operatives in
Bawku to strengthen their intelligence system to be able to apprehend
the arsonists.
Fashion 101 starts airing on MultiTV’s Cine Afrik Hit television programme Fashion 101 is set to debut on Cine Afrik on MultiTV, this Saturday, January 28.
The fashion-oriented show has in the past few weeks received rave reviews from a cross section of the Ghanaian viewing public.
Moments
after the show had hit mainstream television four weeks ago; the
producers were inundated with requests to have it shown on multiple
networks, hence the addition of Cine Afrik.
Fashion 101 will air on Cine Afrik, 9:30 pm every Saturday evening.
“The
overarching purpose is to ensure that on whichever platform you are on,
you can get to enjoy the goodies Fashion 101 is offering, and also be
part of that big club of dedicated viewers. Your Saturday evenings just
got better.
“I am excited at this arrangement, and can’t wait to see the maiden edition air. This is a good step millions of MultiTV viewers can bask in and identify with. Fashion 101 is all about you,” says Sandra Ankobiah, hostess, Fashion 101.
On a typical Fashion 101 episode on Cine Afrik, viewers will be treated to two segments; the first, known as Star Watch,
where a panel including hostess Sandra and some two or three others,
will dissect and analyze the fashion statements made by Ghanaian
celebrities, on their various public outings including but not limited
to award shows and premieres.
The second segment is the make-over
session, where an individual is selected by the show’s producers, and
made to undergo a personality beauty transformation. This process is
handled by some of Ghana’s trusted names in fashion designing as well as
Fashion 101’s in-house make-up stylist Mamess.
The 30-minute programme is executive produced and hosted by Sandra Ankobiah.
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