Kibi (Eastern Region) - Thieves on Monday afternoon broke into the house of the Abuakwa Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Martin Kwadwo Asare, at Kibi Newtown and made away with clothing and electrical gadgets.

The items the thieves stole included video and VCD decks, a Samsong mobile phone, a suitcase and an unspecified amount of money.

Asare said he left the house at 0800 hours on Monday for work and returned at 1600 hours to discover that his house had been ransacked.

''The thieves searched the house, removed all clothing in my wardrobe and overturned my bed and chairs in the sitting room.''

The Police are investigating.