Machomen clash at Bantamahene’s funeral

There was a scuffle between ‘machomen’ of the two main political parties, National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the funeral of the late Bantamahene in Kumasi on Thursday. This happened when President John Dramani Mahama arrived at the funeral grounds of the late Baffour Asare Owusu Amankwatiah V.  According to our reporter, one could see that it was a turf war between the two groups as the NDC ‘machomen’ found their voices when the President arrived and they decided to follow him while he greeted the people. It had to take the intervention of the military detail following the President and the jeers from some of the mourners for the confrontation to stop.

President Mahama was in Kumasi to join the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and other dignitaries to bid farewell to the late Bantamahene, Baffour Asare Owusu Amankwatiah V, the war Marshall of the Asantehene. The President, together with his brother, Mr Ibrahim Mahama; the Chief of Staff, Mr Julius Debrah; the Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr John Alexander Ackon and other party functionaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) joined the bereaved families to mourn the late chief.