One more person has been picked up concerning the disturbances that marred the Ashanti Regional NDC executives’ election on Sunday, November 13.
This brings to four the number of people arrested over last weekend’s disturbance.
The new addition, Bashiru Atta, joins the earlier three — Yahya Shaibu Tia, Fati Ibrahim and Husein Yakubu — arrested on Monday, November 14.
Meanwhile, the first and second accused, Yahya Shaibu Tia and Fati Ibrahim, who were earlier arrested, were arraigned before the Atwima Akropong District Court.
Yahya Shaibu was remanded to reappear on November 21, while Fati Ibrahim was granted bail with three sureties.
The suspects and their accomplices were involved in different offences, including an assault on a police officer, spraying pepper from a device at the centre and engaging in a fight resulting in injuries to one of the perpetrators.
It will be recalled that some persons believed to be NDC thugs on Sunday clashed with police at the Regional Delegates Conference in the Ashanti Region.
The heavily built men who did not have accreditation were prevented from entering the Kumasi Sports Stadium, where the elections were being held.
The young men, numbering about 30, were angered by a warning shot from the police in an attempt to disperse the crowd.
This resulted in a free-for-all fight between them and the police.
They pelted the police with stones while the police also resorted to the use of the butts of their rifles.
In the end, the police had to leave the main entrance to restore calm.