Claims on social media alleging that the motorcade of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President and presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), was obstructed by irate youth on a section of the Nkawkaw-Kumasi highway have been refuted by Dr Gideon Boako, a spokesperson for the Vice President.
Dr Boako highlighted in a Facebook post that he came across a circulating video that falsely claimed that a group of angry young individuals obstructed the Vice President’s motorcade on the Nkawkaw-Kumasi highway on Saturday, 4 May 2024. Dr Boako firmly stated that this narrative is completely untrue.
The Vice President did not even use that road during the entire week. The Vice President was in the Western region on 1 and 2 May (Wednesday and Thursday). He moved to the Western North region on Thursday, 3rd May, and got to Kumasi the same day around 10 pm. He left Kumasi in the morning of Saturday, 4th May, to Accra by air. The Vice President did not at any time drive from Kumasi to Accra to have used the Nkawkaw-Kumasi road.
My understanding of the blockade is that there was an accident in which a loaded fuel tanker had fallen on the main road. The youth, in an attempt to prevent large casualties in the unfortunate event of an explosion, blocked the road until the fire service and other security agencies cleared for commuters to use the road.
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the presidential candidate of the NPP, commenced a countrywide tour on Monday, 29th April 2024. Up to this point, he has already made visits to the Eastern Region, Dome Kwabenya in the Greater Accra Region, the Western Region, and the Western North Region.
