National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate (PC) for Awutu Senya East, Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor has revealed that she obtained a firearm to defend herself against Hawa Koomson, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya East and Minister of Fisheries.
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She alleges that during the 2020 elections, the MP threatened her on four distinct occasions, with no intervention from the Police.
During an interview on Point Blank on Eyewitness News at Citi FM on Wednesday, Ms. Okunor disclosed that she carries a firearm for her safety.
“There is the need for me to do that because I can best protect myself and not any other person against Hawa Koomson.”
“When we go back into the 2019-2020 elections, Hawa Koomson pulled a gun on me on four different occasions. No arrest was done, no interrogations, no investigations, nothing. The case just died. And since the police haven’t provided any form of protection for me,” she said.
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Ms. Okunor also refuted claims of her arrest on Sunday following the outbreak of violence in Kasoa.
On Sunday, June 2, 2024, the Ghana Police Service apprehended three individuals at Ofaakor, near Kasoa in the Central Region, for illegal possession of a firearm.
The suspects, including Ms. Okunor, Mustapha Mohammed, and Abdul Aziz Musah, were arrested near the EC Office at Ofaakor while traveling in a Honda CRV saloon car with registration number GX-2044-19.
A pump-action gun with four rounds of ammunition was discovered in the vehicle.
The arrests followed a violent altercation at the Electoral Commission’s office in Kasoa, which left four individuals injured.
Amid the incident, Ato Koomson, the son of the incumbent MP Mavis Hawa Koomson, sustained a stab wound to his chest.
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