A supporter of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who was traveling with former President John Mahama on his campaign at Assin North constituency in the Central Region has died in a road accident.
Saturday incident also resulted in the injury of some supporters of the party.
In a tweet, Mr Mahama commiserated with the family of the deceased.
He further suspended his campaign for two hours to visit persons injured.
“I’ve had to suspend my campaign in Assin North for about 2hrs to visit injured sympathizers who were involved in an accident after our engagement at Dansame. Unfortunately, we lost one of our comrades who enthusiastically joined others in the programme. Our condolences to her family,” his tweet read.
Assin North electorates are preparing to go to the polls in 10 days to elect a new Member of Parliament.
Hence, all the major political parties have been trooping to the area in order to convince the electorates to vote for their representatives.
Before commencing their campaign for the by-election, the former president together with the NDC candidate, Gyakye Quayson, paid a courtesy to the Assin Breku Traditional Council.
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