Mayhem at NDC Press Conference

The Independent says a press conference called by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) last Friday ended abruptly at the Ghana International Press Centre after an interjection from a Free Press reporter nearly got him beaten up by supporters of the party.

The re-scheduled conference had taken off at about 1.00 pm with pressmen competing for seats with the party supporters who had earlier been dropped off in pick-ups.

The end of the conference came about when a reporter from the Free Press, incurred the displeasure of the NDC supporters present, when he claimed that he had evidence that some public officials had been able to register four-wheel drive vehicles in their names instead of the saloon cars agreed upon by the Joint Transitional Team.

The reporter had to be smuggled into one of the offices at the press centre by concerned colleagues to escape the wrath of the irate NDC supporters.

The incident brought back memories of the ordeal of the TV 3 crew that was attacked by NDC supporters days after the party had lost the first round of the General Elections.

The conference had been arranged to throw light on a number of issues, which have cropped up since the inauguration of the new president, including allegations of the outgoing government sabotaging the takeover ceremonies and the allocation of cars to outgoing ministers perceived by the public to have been valued at outrageously low prices.