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Information reaching The Independent indicates that, some aspiring candidates for various positions in the Central Region NPP have begun resorting to �juju� meaning rituals to blow each other out of contest. The constituency and polling station levels are now rife with the smell of juju as the day of elections draw nigh. The hardest hit, according to words coming in, is the incumbent constituency and regional executives. This situation has fast created fear and panic among various candidates, calling for grave concerns among party supporters, who fear the elections may be married if national executives do not flex their authoritative muscles. Briefing The Independent, a regional executive (name withheld) said he had the shock of his life on Tuesday, October 1, when he stepped on a foamy doormat, after he locked the party office and was going home. According to him, he felt an excruciating his feet landed on the mat, something which was very unusual. According to him, even though this doormat has been there for several years, he has never stepped foot on it before because his Godfather had advised him to be careful in the office. The party officer state that, after feeling some heat that very evening when he got home, he called to inform his God father about the situation. He was told he had stepped on a juju. The regional executive noted that, this was not the first but the second tie such has happened to him in the NPP Regional Office. The regional party officer revealed that, in 2010, he stepped on this same juju at the party officer which nearly left his legs amputation by doctors had it not been the intervention of prayers from family and friends. Since then, he has never stepped foot on the floor mat until last Tuesday when he mistakenly stepped on it because he had put the office lights off. His demeanor while speaking to The Independent was one of astonishment. He wondered why such a thing should happen to him when the rank and file of the party seems to admire him and his service to NPP. He, however, suspected a regional executive who has not been in good talking terms with him since he (the regional executive) won in the last elections. The victim believes this other gentleman is pulling the strings against him because that person wants his favorite to unseat the regional executive. The regional executive, though currently seeking herbal therapy, is unperturbed, saying, no juju would deter him from contesting the seat again in the upcoming elections since he is loved by all and believe to be the one to support development in the party.