During a campaign visit to the Assin North constituency in the Central Region, a tragic road accident occurred, resulting in the death of a supporter of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who was travelling with former President John Mahama.

Several other party supporters were also injured in the incident, which took place on Saturday.

In a heartfelt tweet, Mr. Mahama expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased, acknowledging the sorrowful loss experienced by all those affected by the accident.

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.