NDC Announces War Against Western Togoland

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has threatened to banish the organization identifying itself as Western Togoland from the Volta Region, sending a “warning shot” in their direction.

In an exclusive interview with The Chronicle on Saturday, Bright Egeh, the party’s deputy volta regional secretary, revealed this.

He claims that Western Togoland does not exist and is the imagined fabrication of a group of anonymous individuals who have chosen to control certain individuals in order to render the nation unruly.

The Deputy Secretary went on to say that the NDC’s determination is rooted in the reality that, to the surprise of most people, the organization only speaks up during an election year.

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According to him, the purpose of the body’s actions is to scare the people in the area, who are viewed as the party’s global bank, into being indifferent to the impending general elections.

Mr. Egeh asserted that the party had its own intelligence and will take decisive action against anyone attempting to sow discord in an effort to depress votes in the area.

In a press statement dated January 18, 2024, the Western Togoland Governing Council announced the formation of a special task force. The governor, H.E. A.K. Ametepe, signed the announcement.

In the same announcement, the public was cautioned to abstain from any future gatherings held in the name of voting in Western Togoland.

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Not thrilled with the development, the deputy NDC Secretary stated that instead of using force to scare voters, his organization expects state intelligence agencies to pick up signs on the dissidents during their formative years.

The Homeland Study Group Foundation officially declared its independence from Ghana on November 16, 2019, during an event held in front of the Police Training School in Ho. After being listed as sought, the group’s elderly leader, Papavi, was able to flee.

When travelers awoke on September 3, 2020, they found signs announcing admittance into Western Togoland at Akuse Junction, Tema-Akosombo route, and the Accra-Somanya highway.

The cops proceeded to take down the illegitimate sign poles that same day.

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On September 25, 2020, a group of secessionists barricaded the Tema-Ho highway between Akrade and Juapong, the Tema-Aflao road, the area surrounding Sogakope, and the Sege-Aveyime/Mepe route. The insurgents then stormed police stations, released detained suspects, and changed the officials on duty.

The terrorists ambushed and shot the Sogakope Police Commander while his official vehicle, and they then carried him to the Battor Catholic Hospital.

Several dissidents were engaged and expelled by the military from the Naval Training Command at Nutekpor after they reacted to a distress call; a similar scenario report was obtained in the Juapong region.

People who are thought to be members of the separatist organization assaulted the STC yard in the Ho Township on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. They thrashed many drivers and culminated their criminality by burning a bus at the terminal on fire.

Their elderly leader passed away naturally at a hospital close to Akatsi at the beginning of the previous year.