CALL YOUR MEMBERS TO ORDER- BAWUMIA TO MAHAMA

Vice President and defeated flagbearer of the governing NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia wants President-elect John Dramani Mahama to call supporters of the NDC to order following their attacks on some state institutions and individuals

A statement issued by Dr. Bawumia said, “I wish to call on President-elect John Dramani Mahama to exhibit statesmanship by reining in his supporters in order to preserve the peace and unity of the country”.

Some supporters of the NDC in Accra, Tamale and some other parts of the country have been on rampage ransacking state warehouses and stealing items belonging to the state.

Others are said to have gone to the airport in an attempt to stop persons who are sympathizers of the governing NPP from leaving the country.

But in a strongly worded statement, the flagbearer of the NPP in the just ended elections said, “I am also saddened by the indifference and silence of Mr. Dramani Mahama and the NDC in relation to the violence and mayhem being unleashed on members of the NPP and other people perceived to be sympathizers. These wanton acts of lawlessness and brutality have been extended to state institutions and public offices, looting and stealing state properties in the process”.

“It is regrettable that these reprehensible acts are being perpetrated following an electoral process that has been widely touted as credible. We must at all times place national interest over and above any individual interest”, the statement further stressed.

Dr. Bawumia cautioned the president-elect and the NDC of the consequences of the violence. He said, “I believe President Mahama and the NDC know that if these acts continue, people will be compelled to take reasonable steps to protect themselves”.