Some youth believed to be members of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ho Central constituency went on the rampage on Tuesday evening and almost set ablaze the party office.

The irate youth were reported to be protesting a purported ministerial appointment snub by President Mahama. They had envisaged a ministerial appointment from the constituency - which gave the NDC the second highest votes in the Volta Region in the 2024 general elections.

They broke into the constituency office at Ho Housing, brought out some logistics including documents and furniture and lit them. Tires were burnt on the main road.

The swift intervention of the Ghana Fire Service prevented the fire from spreading to nearby shops.

The perpetrators sensing danger, fled the office where some residents had gathered to witness the incident.

A member of the Ho Central constituency NDC, Theophilus Adzanku expressed dismay at the incident and described the act as “immature and undemocratic.” He indicated that the party had no foreknowledge about the incident and the identity of the perpetrators.

He said that while rounding up the vetting process of MMDCEs at the Residency, they received news of some youth breaking into the office, “ransacked the entire place and set some items on fire.”

He said that the act was unjust and uncalled for since the “President has made a lot of appointments from the region which we are happy about”.

Theophilus said the irate youth acted in bad faith and should have consulted the leadership of the party before taking a decision which could tarnish the image of the party.

“We know Ho Central, per our work we have done in this election, the President will never forget us in this appointment issue. So we don’t understand why our youth should take the law into their own hands. In fact, we are very disappointed in them”, he said.

He stressed the party together with the security services would launch a full-scale investigation into the incident and bring the culprits to book.

He called for calm and cooperation on the issues of appointments to avert such “needless” attacks on party office.