Hawa Koomson Fired Gun In Self-Defence - Nana B Defends SDI Minister
The National Youth Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, has said the decision by MP for Awutu Senya East constituency to fire warning shots at a registration centre in Kasoa was justified.
According to Nana B, Mavis Hawa Koomson was not a violent person and so if she had to give a gunshot, it means she did so in self-defence.
"She came under serious attack and her life was under threat and she had to defend herself," Nana B said on UTV’s Late News on Monday, July 20, 2020.
Warning gunshots
Madam Hawa Koomson, MP for the Awutu Senya East and Minister for Special Development Initiatives admitted she fired a gun at a voters' registration centre in her constituency.
She explained that none of the men in her company at the time of the incident was armed when they got to the centre.
“I fired the shots myself,” she said.
According to the Special Development Initiatives Minister, she took the firearm – which she refused to identify – to the registration centre to protect herself.
The MP said she had gone to the registration centre because she heard her opponent had gone against the law to bus people from other places to register.
Registration Centre closed down
Earlier Monday, officials of the Electoral Commission closed down the Step to Christ registration center in the Awutu Senya East constituency after gun-wielding men stormed the premises.
Nana B's Defence
Speaking on UTV, Nana B said after looking into the matter himself, he learnt that armed persons on motorbikes surrounded the MP’s car in a way that suggested that they had intended to attack her.
He said Members of Parliament are given self-defence training specifically for moments like these.
According to Nana B, the incident should be a wake-up call for law enforcement agencies to be proactive in these dangerous times.
Police have since arrested four persons in connection with the incident.
Eyewitnesses say at least 15 persons had surrounded the MP before the warning shots were fired.
Call for resignation
Meanwhile, Security expert Prof Kwesi Aning has said Mavis Hawa Koomson does not deserve a position of trust and must resign as Special Development Initiatives Minister.
“It is my hope that the President will ask Hawa Koomson to step aside or probably dismiss her,” Security expert said.
His comment comes on the back of the Minister’s admission of firing gunshots at a voter registration centre in Awutu-Senya East Constituency in the Central Region.
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