I got a gun for self-defense against Hawa Koomson – Phillis Okunor

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Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor, the NDC’s Parliamentary Candidate for Awutu Senya East, has stated that she obtained a firearm for self-defense in response to alleged threats from Hawa Koomson, the incumbent MP and Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture.

Speaking in a interview on Citi FM with Umaru Sanda, Ms. Okunor alleged that she was threatened multiple times during the 2020 elections and that her complaints resulted in no police intervention.

For that reason, she now carries a gun for personal 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 stated.

Ms Okunor also denied being arrested on Sunday following violence in Kasoa.

On Sunday, June 2, 2024, the Ghana Police Service arrested three individuals at Ofaakor, near Kasoa in the Central Region, for unlawful possession of a firearm.

The suspects, including Ms Okunor, Mustapha Mohammed, and Abdul Aziz Musah, were arrested near the EC Office at Ofaakor while onboard a Honda CRV saloon car with registration number GX-2044-19.

A pump-action gun with four rounds of ammunition was retrieved from the vehicle.

The arrests were made following a violent incident at the Electoral Commission’s office in Kasoa, which resulted in injuries to four individuals.

During the incident, Ato Koomson, the son of incumbent MP Mavis Hawa Koomson, was stabbed in his chest.

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