The National Democratic Congress (NDC) headquarters in Yeji has been locked up by some furious young people in the Pru East Constituency of the Bono East Region.
On Wednesday, October 19, 2022, a large group of young people who were angered by the rejection of two candidates for the position of constituency executive stormed the party office and barricaded the doors.
They claim that the party unfairly disqualified people who gave their all to achieve the party's victory in the general election of 2020.
They urge the party leadership to reverse its decision to exclude Benjamin Dagardu and Emmanuel Kwaku Boam, both candidates for the position of constituency executive, from the forthcoming elections.
Anthony Gorre, a branch official for the party, claims that the action is being taken to express their unhappiness with the disqualification of Emmanuel Kwaku Boam, who gave the party GHC200,000 and 4,000 t-shirts to promote its 2020 election campaign.
He cautioned that until the party changes its mind, it runs the possibility of losing the parliamentary seat for the first time.
"We have locked the party office because we are aggrieved by the disqualification of Emmanuel Kwaku Boam who has been disqualified from contesting in the constituency elections. We find that strange because in the 2022 election we all saw his contribution to the party so until the right thing is done, the party risks losing this seat".
Abubakar Fuseini, another unhappy youth, accused the party of using divide-and-rule strategies to divide their front in order to serve the narrow interests of a select few people.
"You can see from this action that the party has taken an unpopular decision in the interest of some few people and not in the interest of the party."
According to report, the party office has since reopened as a result of the involvement of DSP Eric Awiadem, the commander of the Yeji Police, and the constituency election is set to take place on Saturday, October 22, 2022.