A startling video has surfaced online amid the ongoing NPP Parliamentary primaries across the country, revealing the incumbent Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa constituency in the Ashanti region, KT Hammond, issuing severe threats to one of his contenders, Mr Sammy Binfo Darkwa.
In the video, KT Hammond can be heard making ominous promises, including a pledge to brutally beat Sammy Binfo Darkwa and orchestrate further physical harm with the assistance of others.
The reason behind this outburst remains unknown, but in the video, KT Hammond is seen standing in front of uniformed police officers, surrounded by onlookers, vehemently shouting threats at Sammy Binfo and accusing him of allowing muscle men to assault his boys.
Here is a transcript of KT Hammond’s remarks:
“Binfo, I am going to make sure he is mercilessly beaten, to a pulp. I will humiliate him at the polls and get him beaten.”
Despite attempts by the police to calm him down, KT Hammond continued his tirade:
“I am just putting you on notice. Get him. Wherever he is, he should leave town quickly. Chief, we have been voting in this town for about 24 years in this constituency. Nobody provokes the other. Yesterday in the evening, come and see this place. Macho boys beating my boys, hitting them with metals. But he too [pointing at an unknown person who the camera does not capture], I do not even know what is wrong with him, you have an AK47 with many bullets, leave it and come around with this small pistol and come and stand watching as they beat these boys.”
KT Hammond further described an incident where individuals purportedly came to his house to plead with him, referring to them as “macho boys” and expressing his anger at their actions.
“Some of them came to my house to plead with me, the macho boys, Are you mad!? You were are you from? An animal like you. You are coming to beat my boys,” he added.
He vowed to confront the situation head-on, declaring, “Today, I am going to give him a showdown. Two forms of showdown, I will beat him here, I will humiliate him here and then organize for him to be beaten physically.”
The video has sparked outrage and condemnation from many social media users, who have called for Mr Hammond to be disciplined and prosecuted for his violent and abusive language.
Mr Hammond, who has been the MP for Adansi Asokwa since 2001, is facing a stiff challenge from three other aspirants, including Mr Darkwa, in the NPP parliamentary primaries.
According to sources, Mr Hammond had earlier lodged a petition with the NPP vetting committee, seeking the disqualification of Mr Darkwa and the other two aspirants, citing violations of the party’s constitution.