THE RULING National Democratic Congress (NDC) has stated that it moved its dozens of Mahindra cars meant for political campaign activities from the port during the night due to traffic reasons.
Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, George Lawson, explained that due to excessive traffic on the road in Accra during the day, the NDC decided to move the cars in the night to dodge traffic.
The NDC’s decision to drive the vehicles from the port under the cover of darkness had raised eyebrows and sparked controversy, with some people speculating that the NDC wanted to hide something from Ghanaians.
Already speculation in town indicated that the cars were meant for the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) for important national activities but the NDC decided to keep the cars and rebrand them in their party colours.
The NDC deputy general secretary, who was speaking in an interview with Kessben FM in Kumasi, explained that it is an open secret that cars are usually moved from the harbour during the night to avert traffic.
He stated that the NDC did not err in any way by moving the vehicles from the port during the night, noting that the NDC is not the first and will not be the last to move their cars from the port in the night due to traffic reasons.
Mr Lawson added that there is no iota of truth in reports that the vehicles were meant for the NCCE, indicating that the NDC as a political party purchased the vehicles for the 2016 campaign.
“The NDC bought the Mahindra cars for campaign activities in the upcoming national elections. Therefore there is no iota of truth in wild reports that the cars belong to the NCCE and we (NDC) have decided to brand them in our colours for campaign activities.
“In fact, during the 2012 electioneering campaign we (NDC) bought a fleet of Mahindra vehicles for our campaign activities and they were very effective and reliable so we decided to buy new Mahindra cars for the 2016 campaign.”
Mr Lawson said the arrest made in connection with the taking of pictures of the cars was in the right direction, insisting that nobody has the right to take pictures of the vehicles which were parked in a private location.
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