Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate (PC) for Awutu Senya East Constituency in the Central Region, Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor, has been arrested over alleged stabbing and possession of a fire arm without lawful authority.
The arrest of the party’s parliamentary candidate and two others follows an alleged stabbing of Ato Koomson, the son of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya East and Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mavis Hawa Koomson, at the Ofaakor Electoral Commission Office near Kasoa in the Central Region.
The altercation is said to have also resulted in a clash between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The minister’s son, who was stabbed on one side of his chest, is currently receiving treatment at the 37 Military Hospital.
Report by the police said the suspects, Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor, the NDC parliamentary candidate, Mustapha Mohammed and Abdul Aziz Musah on board a Honda CRV car with registration number GX-2044-19 were arrested around the EC Office at Ofaakor.
According to the police, one pump-action gun with four rounds of ammunition was retrieved from the vehicle of the suspects, who are currently assisting police investigations.
Meanwhile, the NDC Communication Officer for the Awutu Senya East Constituency, Stephen Delali Sowoekpor, in a statement, called for a thorough, transparent, and unbiased investigation into the issue at Kasoa on Sunday morning.
Constituency Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party in the area, Michael Addy, in an interview with Asaase radio yesterday, said calm has so far returned to the area as police have beefed up security at the registration centre.
He said the Director of Operations at the police headquarters has also visited the registration centre.
By Ebenezer K. Amponsah