BREAKING: One dead in shooting incident at Nyankpala in an election violence

One person has been shot dead in a shooting incident at Nyankpala in the Tolon constituency of the Northern Region, GhanaWeb sources confirm.

GhanaWeb's sources indicate that the shooting was triggered by allegations of vote buying.

The violent confrontation, according to eyewitnesses erupted following a heated argument between NPP Northern Regional Organizer, Alhaji Rashid Salifu and the NDC Parliamentary Candidate, Dr Osman Tahiru Damba.

Eyewitnesses say the NDC Candidate confronted the NPP Organizer for allegedly sharing money among voters.

This confrontation turned violent, leading to the gunshots that claimed a life.

NDC Tolon Constituency Communications Officer, Abubakari Fuseini Oluu confirmed that the NDC has lost one of its supporters in the incident while another is critically injured.

"We lost one person and another one is critically injured," he told Tamale-based Radio Tamale in an interview monitored by Ghanaweb.

Source: Ghanaweb.com