Mills' Bodyguard In Alleged Assault Case

OFFICE OF PROF. JOHN EVANS ATTA MILLS KUKU HILL, OSU, ACCRA, GHANA P.O.BOX 375, ACCRA. TEL 233-21-760225 FAX NO 233-21-760226

July 5, 2007

PRESS RELEASE

It has come to the notice of The Office of Professor John Evans Atta Mills, Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress, publications in sections of the media that a member of his security detail allegedly assaulted a certain Kojo Yeboah, at Cow Lane, in Accra, on Tuesday July 3, 2007.

We are aware that the matter is being handled by the appropriate law enforcement agency, in this case the Accra Central Police.

The Office of Professor Mills is also independently investigating the matter and can assure Ghanaians that should the said bodyguard be found to have acted unprofessionally, the appropriate disciplinary action would be exacted.

Koku Anyidoho (In-charge, Communications)