Miss Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Awutu Senya East Constituency in the Central Region, has disclosed that she acquired a firearm for self-protection against Hawa Koomson, the incumbent Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East and Fisheries Minister.

Ms. Okunor revealed that during the 2020 elections, she was threatened by MP Koomson on four separate occasions. 

Despite these threats, she claimed that no action was taken by the police, leaving her feeling vulnerable.

“There is the need for me to do that because I can best protect myself and not any other person against Hawa Koomson,” Ms. Okunor stated. 

She elaborated on the incidents, saying, “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.”

Ms. Okunor also addressed recent reports of her arrest, denying being detained following an incident in Kasoa on Sunday. 

On 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 apprehended near the Electoral Commission Office at Ofaakor while travelling in a Honda CRV saloon car with registration number GX-2044-19.

Ms Okunor made this admission in a candid interview on Point Blank segment  on Eyewitness News on Accra-based Citi FM