Over 50 members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Jomoro Constituency held their Regional Organiser hostage to demand their transport allowance when they attended a party congress at Nvelenu, near Aiyinase in the Western Region on Saturday.

At the end of the congress attended by 149 delegates to elect executive members for the constituency, 50 delegates and their supporters from the Half-Assini area rushed on the Regional Executives to demand immediate refund of their transport allowances for the three occasions they had travelled for the congress, two of which became abortive.

They did not accept promises from the Regional Executives that the allowance would be paid to them later. They defied the presence of Policemen and formed a human barricade around the Western Region Organiser, Mr Kodjo Acquah and held him hostage for more than one hour.

They used sticks, cement blocks and a car to prevent Mr Acquah's car from leaving. The Nzema East District Chief Executive (DCE) Mr. Kodjo Armah and some top members of the party had to intervene before he was allowed to go.