The commissioning of machinery for the District Road Infrastructure Project (DRIP) in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region turned violent when supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) clashed.
The chaos reportedly started when the incumbent Member of Parliament, Richard Gyan-Mensah, arrived with some NDC party members to protest the decision to display images of the Gomoa West NPP parliamentary candidate on the machinery.
The confrontation quickly turned into a free-for-all fight between the supporters of the party.
According to the parliamentary candidate, Bismark Basie Nkum, who is also the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Gomoa West, the MP, Richard Gyan-Mensah, brandished a gun while threatening the NPP leadership in the constituency.
Mr Gyan-Mensah has, however, denied the accusation.
Since the launch of the DRIP programme, supporters of the two leading parties have been going at each other in several constituencies.
On September 8, supporters of the NPP and the NDC Wassa East Constituency of the Western Region were captured in a free-for-all fight over the DRIP equipment.
The fight broke out during the launch of the equipment.
In a viral video, supporters of the two major parties were captured hurling unprintable words and throwing stones and other objects at each other.
The conflict erupted after both party supporters were asked to gather and receive the DRIP equipment from Damongo, with each side claiming ownership of the materials.
This triggered a physical confrontation, resulting in two people being seriously injured and rushed to the Salaga District Hospital, while others sustained minor injuries.
This incident occurred just weeks after supporters of the NDC and the NPP in Upper Manya Krobo were seen fighting over the use of equipment from the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP).
The chaos broke out after the NDC supporters stormed a hotel owned by the NPP parliamentary candidate, Joseph Tetteh, and found motor graders, and bulldozers parked on the premises instead of the district assembly.
The machines, part of the recently launched DRIP, were decorated with banners and posters of the NPP parliamentary candidate and their flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
Angered by what they described as politicising government equipment, the NDC supporters attempted to remove the NPP paraphernalia.
This quickly escalated into a violent fight involving weapons.