Confusion broke out on Sunday afternoon at the regional headquarters of NDC in Tamale after a vetting panel of regional executives disqualified more than 20 people from four constituencies from contesting various positions of the party.
The disqualified aspirants and their supporters attacked and engaged in violent fisticuffs with some members of the vetting panel, accusing the panel of unfair treatment.
The Regional chairman, Sofo Azorka, engaged in a direct physical struggle with a supporter of a disqualified aspirant from the Karaga constituency.
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Three constituencies, Karaga, Wulensi and Bimbilla, were billed for the vetting but the party was forced to suspend the exercise due to the mass disqualification of aspirants from the Karaga constituencies and the subsequent melee that followed.
The confrontation was allegedly sparked by the vetting committee clearing incumbent executives of the constituency while disqualifying new aspirants.
It took the intervention by other aspirants and members of the party to end the situation after which the regional executives were escorted into their vehicles.
Four aspirants out of twelve from the Savelugu constituency earlier disqualified on Friday also came to the party office to protest the decision by the regional executives.
Speaking to the media after the incident, the disgruntled members said the regional executives treated them unfairly and threatened to contest their disqualification in the law court. 
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The Regional Chairman who spoke to the media before the incident said the aspirants were disqualified for a number of reasons.
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According to him, most of them were disqualified for engaging in activities that contributed to the massive defeat of the party during the last general elections.
He explained that most of them supported independent candidates and also worked against the party during the elections.
The chairman also said some of the aspirants were disqualified for non-payment of dues while others were simply found not to be ready to occupy positions they were aspiring to hold.
