Update: Yamoah-Ponkoh and Yamin questioned on deadly shooting at NDC

Joseph Yamin, former deputy minister of the Ashanti region, and Afrifa Yamoah-Ponkoh, former executive director of Ejisu-Juabeng, were questioned by police.

This is in connection with the fatal shooting that occurred Monday at the Kumasi office.

The two former members of the former government John Mahama were questioned about the confusion and the shooting death of a man. Another was beaten for his life when gunmen stormed the party office and opened fire on them.

According to an eyewitness, the badailant, badociated with an NDC militia, the Hawks, shot at a NDC man three times. First in the leg when he runs and twice in the chest at close range, vulnerable.

About 15 members of the security forces armed in two police vehicles stormed the residence Fumesua of Yamoah-Ponkoh and carried out a search on the premises before asking him to follow them to the regional command to make "an ordinary statement," he told reporters.

"It was kind of a friendly thing [conversation]," he added.

Yamoah-Ponkoh residence

Yamoah-Ponkoh was released Tuesday afternoon, while the former deputy minister was also invited by the police, the reporter added.

Police in the Ashanti region are looking for four key people who would be related to the crime. These are Husein Barnabas, also known as Warrior, Mijima, Damos and Abu Taliban, as stated in a police statement.

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Johnson Asiedu Nketia, Secretary General of the NDC, told Joy FM that the party will not protect the perpetrators.

"We have indicated that the crime does not have a party color. We do not know who perpetrated these acts, but because of the presence of the eyewitness, I am confident that the police will have no difficulty in getting people to identify the culprits. Whoever did this should be taken back and treated according to the law, "he added.