Five supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Jaman North Constituency narrowly escaped death when a pickup vehicle in which they were traveling caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday.

The supporters were on their way from Sampa, the constituency capital to Seketia for a house-to-house political campaign, when the incident happened.

No casualty was reported, and the cause of the fire is unknown for now.

The Ghana News Agency (GNA), however gathered that the Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia "it is possible" branded pick-up vehicle fitted with a public address system, generator set and other values of the occupants including their mobiles phones and monies were burnt beyond repairs.