Ring leader in Tamale NDC youth rampage remanded in custody

The man said to have masterminded Wednesday’s youth rampage in Tamale over a purported dismissal of the Director of Feeder roads has been remanded in police custody.

The Tamale District Court 'B' remanded the 45-year-old man into police custody when he was arraigned on Thursday morning.

The police are said to be looking for his accomplices.

A purported dismissal of Alhaji Ibrahim Seidu from office as the Deputy Director of Feeder Roads Department sent some youth of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Tamale Central Constituency on rampage on Wednesday.

The youth who were protesting after hearing that the Civil Service had written a letter dismissing Alhaji Seidu popularly known as Engineer, took to the streets and destroyed posters and billboards of their Member of Parliament and Minister of Roads and Highways, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini

Alhaji Ibrahim Seidu was a key challenger to incumbent Alhaji Fuseini in the November 21 NDC parliamentary primary in the Tamale Central Constituency.He lost the elections to Alhaji Fuseini.

The destruction of property has generated tension in the area and especially at Tishigu, a suburb in the constituency where Alhaji Fuseini lives in Tamale.