The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Jirapa Constituency of the Upper West Region has called on the Ghana Police Service to invite one Zaato Ali, the Jirapa Constituency Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), over the murder of Lawyer Richard Badombie.
The private legal practitioner was shot dead by suspected armed robbers along the Bole-Bamboi highway whilst he was travelling to Jirapa.
The NDC in a statement signed by the Jirapa Constituency Communications Officer, N-ekabong B. Vitalis expressed “disgust and revulsion at the twist with which one Zaato Ali (NPP Constituency secretary for Jirapa), sought to give to this unfortunate matter.”
The party alleged that Mr. Ali conjectured that, the Lawyer’s murder may be traced to his interest in the upcoming NDC internal reorganization.
“In an earlier press release issued on Sunday 29th May, 2022 under his signature, he (Ali Zaato) shamelessly sought to conjecture that, the assassination of our beloved Comrade may be traced to his interest in the upcoming NDC internal reorganization. Since Zaato Ali appears to have clues of what might have underpinned the cowardly killing of Comrade Richard Badombie Esq, we humbly call on the Ghana Police Service, to invite him to help expedite investigations to deliver justice expeditiously to our slain brother,” the statement added.
The NDC described the late Lawyer Badombie as a committed member of the party, law-abiding and someone who was instrumental in putting bread on the tables of countless people. They condemned the dastardly act in no uncertain terms.
“We condemn this dastardly act in no uncertain terms and call on all with information that can help track down his killers, to do so in order to facilitate the process of getting justice for him and his family.”
“The late Lawyer Richard Badombie before his sorrowful demise was the elected Assembly Member for the Kuncheni Electoral Area of the Jirapa Municipal Assembly. He was a committed member of the NDC in the Jirapa Constituency. Lawyer Richard Badombie was a law-abiding citizen of Ghana, an officer of the law court and indeed, a towering member of our society, who was instrumental in putting bread on the tables of countless people, whilst leaving no stone unturned when matters of Jirapa’s development was concerned. We are struck in shock and still wondering why such a resourceful individual’s life would be squeezed out of him in that wicked manner, whilst going round his lawful duties.”
The statement further reads that, “the NDC is a peaceful political party that cherishes democracy and also places a high premium on every single member of the Party. It is instructive to state that, no amount of competing interest in the party could ever warrant the truncation of the life of a resourceful member, more particularly, the likes of an irreplaceable person like Lawyer Richard Badombie.”
The NDC also appealed to people anyone with information to assist the police to expeditiously deliver justice in “honour of our late comrade, for justice delayed, is justice denied.”
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Osuman Kaapore Tahiru|Ghana
