‘Gun Attack’ Left Me Traumatized – Asiedu Nketia

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says his encounter with some armed men in Suhum in the Eastern Region has left him traumatized. Johnson Asiedu Nketia told Evans Mensah on Joy FM’s Top Story Wednesday, he has not been able to report for work after the incident. “I have been traumatized” but […]

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