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A leading member of the communication team of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), lawyer Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe says the only means by which the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) can cause mischief is through violence.

According to the private legal practitioner, the NPP’s philosophy is violence for which without provocation in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election, the ruling party decided to launch attacks and gun shots among law-abiding citizens.

Contributing to the discussion on Radio Gold’s flagship talk show 'Alhaji and Alhaji', lawyer Tamakloe insisted his checks from the comment made by the NDC Parliamentary Candidate, Delali Kwesi Brempong indicated that his team did not do anything to warrant the attacks from the NPP’s 'terror groups'.

“We woke up to see armed men in mask, running and attacking law-abiding citizens in that constituency . . . so without any provocation, persons associated with the NPP; in fact, let me be blunt that terror groups associated with the NPP decided consistently with the party’s philosophy that violence is a tool for political mischief to go to the house of Delali Brempong and without any provocation launched attacks, gun shots among law-abiding citizens,” he jabbed.

He however frown on the attacks meted out to a sitting Member of Parliament, Hon. Sam George and the NDC’s Deputy Youth Organizer as shown in footages circulating in the media and on social media.

“The video footages are out there. We have seen people shot at very close range; bullets all over at the Bawaleshie school park and we have seen a video footage of a sitting Member of Parliament attacked, in fact assaulted by terror groups associated with the NPP. In fact, my deputy Youth Organizer was equally assaulted on the campus of University of Ghana where he was one time the SRC President,” he chided.

He therefore gave thumbs up for the statement released by the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), chronicling what they saw observed on the grounds and eventually condemning the violence which characterised some of the polling stations during the by-election.