But for the swift intervention of party bigwigs who shepherded President Atta Mills out of the National Executive Committee meeting of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) last Friday, he would have had a man-to-man clash with political mentor and former president, Jerry Rawlings, information reaching Daily Guide indicates.

One of the lawyers for the 15 murder suspects freed by an Accra Fast Track Court in connection with the 2002 Dagbon killings, Hon. Samuel Atta Akyea, says he is not surprised at the comments by retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Kpegah, that sought to discredit the integrity of the Judiciary and the Judge who sat on the case.

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has taken a swipe at Ghana’s Ambassador to Czech, Mr Victor Smith, for daring to caution him on his actions and utterances. The former President could not fathom why Mr Smith, a man he dismissed some three years ago through a text message, would ironically send him (Rawlings) a text message expressing concern about how he 'washes the party’s dirty linen in public.'

A vice chairperson of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has warned the party could suffer electoral defeat in 2012 regardless of whose candidature the founder of the party supports. “If the former President would not support the current President and anybody else becomes the flagbearer of the party, that person will still have difficulties if the party is not united”.

The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has said the brouhaha in the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) is as a result of the unclear ideological foundation of the party.

According to the Voice of America(VOA), officials in Ghana say they have captured nearly 70 paramilitary troops loyal to incumbent Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo who crossed the border with weapons.