Supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Awutu Senya West constituency clashed over the construction of a bridge in the Awutu Akomatom community.

The NPP's constituency chairman, Paul Aidoo, stated that residents requested the bridge during a visit by the NPP's parliamentary candidate, Eugene Arhin.

However, the NDC claimed they had engaged with the community the previous week, and the MP, Gizella Tetteh Agbotui, had committed to providing cement to start construction this week. They accused NPP supporters of encroaching on the area to begin construction.

Police intervention prevented the situation from escalating further.

“We came here on Sunday to campaign in the community, and they told us that they needed a bridge. We began processes, and all of a sudden, the NDC encroached on the area. The people would have told us that the NDC had promised to construct the bridge if they had indeed visited and made promises. Gizella Tetteh is the MP, and she has not constructed the bridge for them, but why is she promising to do it now?” one NPP supporter told Citi News.

“The MP Gizella Tetteh engaged the community of Akomatom in a community durbar and promised to embark on the construction of the bridge. She even gave the community 20 bags of cement, so I don’t know why Eugene Arhin is doing that, knowing very well that Gizella has started,” an NDC supporter also said.