Former Majority Leader of Parliament and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Afenyo-Markin, has claimed that the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Obuasi East was forced to relinquish his seat at gunpoint.
Speaking at a press conference organised by the NPP on December 11, 2024, Afenyo-Markin strongly condemned the escalating violence following the elections, which he alleged was being incited by supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).He stated that the NPP’s parliamentary
