The North East Region branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has responded to reports of an alleged attack on a polling agent of Alan Kyerematen during the Super Delegates Conference held on Saturday. According to the NPP's Communications Director in the North East Region, the reports of the attack were exaggerated and not indicative of a planned incident.

The statement clarified that the incident involved only two individuals and was not a mob action. It provided a description of the altercation, explaining that the polling agent of Hon. Alan Kojo Kyerematen got into a conflict with the regional youth organizer when the agent attempted to prevent the youth organizer from placing his thumbprinted ballot paper into the ballot box. The agent's concern was that the youth organizer had displayed his vote to onlookers.

The altercation escalated when the youth organizer resisted the agent's attempt to take the ballot paper and inadvertently hit the agent with his elbow, causing the agent to fall and sustain a cut on his forehead. Bystanders intervened, with some holding the youth organizer and others assisting the agent to his feet. Recognizing the agent was bleeding, the regional minister and the regional chairman of NPP arranged for his medical treatment at the Baptist Medical Center.

The statement mentioned that the agent was quickly replaced by another individual, and the voting process resumed successfully.

The incident occurred during the Super Delegates Conference, where Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia secured all 28 votes in the North East Region.

This paraphrased version retains the key information from the original text while providing a succinct summary of the described situation.

Find the full statement below:

ALLEGED ASSAULT ON ALAN’S AGENT IN THE NORTH EAST REGIONAL SUPER DELEGATES’ VOTING CENTER EXAGGERATED

It has come to the attention of the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the North East Region of media reportage about an alleged assault on a polling agent of Hon. Alan Kojo Kyeremanten. I wish to state on authority that it is an exaggerated story.

There was an altercation between the said polling agent of Hon. Alan Kojo Kyeremanten and our regional youth organizer when the agent attempted to prevent the youth organizer from putting his thumbprinted ballot paper into the ballot box. The agent’s reason was that our regional youth organizer had shown his vote to bystanders. So he rushed to snatch the thumbprinted ballot paper from the regional youth organizer. The YOUTH organizer resisted him and hit the agent with his elbow leading to the agent falling on the ground. The hit also caused a cut on the agent’s forehead causing him to blead. People around ran to the scene and held the youth organizer and some also helped the agent to his feet. When we realized he was bleeding, the regional minister and the regional chairman of NPP whisked him away and the regional minister rushed him to the Baptist Medical Center for treatment. He was quickly replaced with another agent and the voting resumed to a successful end.

The incident was a purely two man affair and not a mob action. The regional youth organizer acted involuntarily to prevent the Alan’s agent from snatching his thumprinted ballot paper by incidentally hitting the agent with his elbow leading to his fall and bleeding.

It is therefore not proper and unfair for anybody to report that Alan’s polling agent was beaten mercilessly in the North East Region. If it was a deliberate attack, police men on duty would have effected the arrest of the culprits. In fact, the police men on duty at the voting center outnumbered the civilians in the hall. So it wouldn’t be difficult for the police to arrest any culprit if there was any deliberate breach of law and order.