NDC DENES ALEGATION OF ASSAULT IN TAMALE (PAGE 17)

THE Northern Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described as mischievous and deceptive a publication in the Monday, August 4 issue of the Statesman with the headline, "NDC Fraud, Assault Halt Registration Process in Tamale."
The said story was published with a picture of one Abdul-Ganiyu Iddrisu Brigade in blood stained cloths.
"We wish to dismiss the publication as outrageous, fraudulent and misleading as Ganiyu Iddrisu is very fit and walking about freely with no apparent physical injury to him as the Statesman will want the public to believe, "the party indicated.
At a press conference in Tamale on Tuesday, the Vice-Chairman of the NDC in the Northern Region, Mr Nasamu Asabigi, described the reportage as most unfortunate and said the public deserved a better reportage.
Present were the National Vice-Chairman of the party, Alhaji Huudu Yahaya, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central, Mr Inusah Fuseini, and some regional executive of the NDC.
Mr Asabigi challenged the Statesman to ask Brigandi to report his alleged assault to the police. "Indeed, it beats our imagination how Gyaniyu got soaked in blood on Saturday, August 2 and can still ride about on Sunday August 3."
, "We consider the publication as another attempt to paint a picture of Tamale as a violent metropolis led by the NDC", he said.
Mr Asabigi further alleged that that plan was contrived by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Tamale on August 2 where they recruited a professional photographer and took him to a house for the purpose of "this deceptive story."
"We further challenge the Statesman and their reporter, Hamza Lansah Lolly, to impress upon Ganiyu Briganda to show proof of his attack by specifying where and when the incident took place since we have a copy of another picture he took with the same photographer at the same time in the same blood soaked clothing doing a kangaroo dance."
The vice-chairman also called on the Statesman and other media houses to always cross-cheek their stories before publishing, as such stories could impact negatively on the prevailing peace in the region.