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The Member of Parliament for the Manhyia constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has cautioned his supporters to not be intimidated by recent happenings in the constituency. A shooting incident at Abirem near Ashtown in the region resulted in two persons sustaining various degrees of injuries, a situation which has heightened tensions and attracted heavy security presence in the area. Supporters of the Manhyia MP have been accused of the crime and Dr. Prempeh, who on Friday was arrested by the Regional Police Command, was was later granted bail. Speaking at a rally on Saturday, Dr. Prempeh however alleged the entire incident was a plot, mapped out to eliminate him with the knowledge of the Police. He said: �When the incident happened on Thursday, the NPP candidate for Bantama was on air at Angel FM and some NDC supporters besieged the premises to beat him up but the Police went there to salvage the situation, yet, there was no press conference by the Regional Police Commander.� �As we have gathered here, if someone shoots a gun in our midst, and he is beaten, they will say Napo was responsible for the incident. If I had a gun, I will know where to take it but it is the plan of my detractors to shoot me because from their calculations, that is the only means they can come to power,� he said. The NPP Manhyia Parliamentary candidate proclaimed, �I will not fall sick, and even if they arrest me like they have planned to, I want to remind them that Kwame Nkrumah was in prison when he won the elections! � According to him, there is no way the NPP will lose in the Manhyia constituency. �Whether I am in Manhyia or not, on Friday when we vote, the people of Manhyia will vote for me. Whether the NDC likes it or not, they can bring people from another town to kill all of us and even the whole Ghana and govern the country.� Meanwhile, the NDC has sent a high powered delegation from the National headquarters to Kumasi to investigate what led into the occurrence.